Sericopelma panamanum (Karsch, 1880)

Gabriel, Ray & Longhorn, Stuart J., 2015, Revised generic placement of Brachypelmaembrithes (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936) and Brachypelmaangustum Valerio, 1980, with definition of the taxonomic features for identification of female Sericopelma Ausserer, 1875 (Araneae, Theraphosidae), ZooKeys 526, pp. 75-104 : 83

Taxon classification Animalia Araneae Theraphosidae

Sericopelma panamanum (Karsch, 1880) stat. rev.

Theraphosa panamana Karsch, 1880: 84 (D male).

Sericopelma panamana F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897a: 16.

Sericopelma rubronitens Simon, 1892: 159 (S, here considered misplaced in this species).

Type.

Male (1 male holotype, ZMB 2394 BERLIN):

Remarks.

Simon (1892) makes no clear justification why Karsh’s Theraphosa panamana from Chiriquí should be synonymous with Sericopelma rubronitens , only referring to similarities in eye pattern and absence of tibial spurs in Karsh’s description against another non-type male specimen in the Paris collection, which he had assigned as Sericopelma rubronitens . Our re-examination of the type specimen confirmed its designation as a Sericopelma sp., but not its synonymy with Sericopelma rubronitens , which is here reversed.

Distribution.

Only known from type locality, Chiriquí = Chiriquí, Provincia de Chiriquí, República de Panamá.