The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/1747
Aphonopelma moderatum (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939)
Rio Grande gold tarantula
FAMILY: THERAPHOSIDAE Thorell, 1870
Genus: Aphonopelma Pocock, 1901
Species: Aphonopelma moderatum (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
tarantulas
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
Rio Grande gold tarantula
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA
Natural History, Phenology & Image(s)
Feeding Guild:‡
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Details About Males
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Synonyms and Chresonyms† Taxonomic References†
Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1939. New tarantulas from the southwestern states. Bull. Univ. Utah 29(11): 1-17. †Nomenclature and taxonomic references
from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/THERAPHOSIDAE.html Other Nearctic Members of Genus Aphonopelma Pocock, 1901‡‡
A. anax (Chamberlin, 1940) ...............USA ‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution
‡Feeding guild when noted defined by Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj, and A. B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. Journal of Arachnology 27:270-280.
Recorded Habitats:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Life & Natural History:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image(s) of Habitus:

Credit: Pyne, Lindsey
Image of External Male Genitalia:
(image not yet available)
Image of Epigynum:
(image not yet available)
Aphonopelma moderatum Chamberlin & Ivie 1939
Delopelma moderatum Chamberlin & Ivie 1939
Aphonopelma moderatum Smith 1995
Aphonopelma moderatum Peters 2000
Aphonopelma moderatum Peters 2003
Aphonopelma moderatum Peters 2005
Peters, H.-J. 2005. Innereien. Tarantulas of the World 110: 7-14.
Peters, H.-J. 2003. Tarantulas of the World: Amerika's Vogelspinnen. Published by the author, Wegberg, Germany, 328 pp.
Peters, H.-J. 2000. Tarantulas of the world: Kleiner Atlas der Vogelspinnen - Band 1. Published by the author, 148 pp.
Smith, A. M. 1995. Tarantula Spiders: Tarantulas of the U.S.A. and Mexico. Fitzgerald Publ., London, 196 pp.
A. apacheum Chamberlin, 1940 ...............USA
A. armada (Chamberlin, 1940) ...............USA
A. arnoldi Smith, 1995 ...............USA
A. baergi Chamberlin, 1940 ...............USA
A. behlei Chamberlin, 1940 ...............USA
A. breenei Smith, 1995 ...............USA
A. brunnius Chamberlin, 1940 ...............USA
A. chalcodes Chamberlin, 1940 ...............USA
A. chamberlini Smith, 1995 ...............USA
A. chambersi Smith, 1995 ...............USA
A. clarki Smith, 1995 ...............USA
A. clarum Chamberlin, 1940 ...............USA
A. coloradanum (Chamberlin, 1940) ...............USA
A. cratium Chamberlin, 1940 ...............USA
A. cryptethum Chamberlin, 1940 ...............USA
A. echinum (Chamberlin, 1940) ...............USA
A. eutylenum Chamberlin, 1940 ...............USA
A. gabeli Smith, 1995 ...............USA
A. gurleyi Smith, 1995 ...............USA
A. harlingenum (Chamberlin, 1940) ...............USA
A. hentzi (Girard, 1852) ...............USA
A. heterops Chamberlin, 1940 ...............USA
A. hollyi Smith, 1995 ...............USA
A. iodius (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939) ...............USA
A. iviei Smith, 1995 ...............USA
A. joshua Prentice, 1997 ...............USA
A. jungi Smith, 1995 ...............USA
A. lithodomum Chamberlin, 1940 ...............USA
A. marxi (Simon, 1891) ...............USA
A. minchi Smith, 1995 ...............USA
A. mojave Prentice, 1997 ...............USA
A. mordax (Ausserer, 1871) ...............USA
A. odelli Smith, 1995 ...............USA
A. paloma Prentice, 1993 ...............USA
A. phanum Chamberlin, 1940 ...............USA
A. phasmus Chamberlin, 1940 ...............USA
A. punzoi Smith, 1995 ...............USA
A. radinum (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939) ...............USA
A. reversum Chamberlin, 1940 ...............USA
A. rothi Smith, 1995 ...............USA
A. sandersoni Smith, 1995 ...............USA
A. schmidti Smith, 1995 ...............USA
A. smithi Smith, 1995 ...............USA
A. stahnkei Smith, 1995 ...............USA
A. steindachneri (Ausserer, 1875) ...............USA
A. sullivani Smith, 1995 ...............USA
A. texense (Simon, 1891) ...............USA
A. vogelae Smith, 1995 ...............USA
A. vorhiesi (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939) ...............USA
A. waconum (Chamberlin, 1940) ...............USA
A. wichitanum (Chamberlin, 1940) ...............USA
A. zionis Chamberlin, 1940 ...............USA