Super cool National Geographic

[SasyStace]

This is such a cool read!

 

[Nicolas C]

Thanks for sharing! At last we'll have a deeper taxonomy insight on Aphpnopelma spp. Thanks to Chris Hamilton and his team!!!

 

[Tomoran]

Thanks for sharing...I would love to read that and get more information. With currently about 100+ species of Aphonopelma listed in the World Spider Catalog, 14 more species is sure making for a huge genus.

 

[Enn49]

Thanks for sharing...I would love to read that and get more information. With currently about 100+ species of Aphonopelma listed in the World Spider Catalog, 14 more species is sure making for a huge genus.

a link to the full article http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/02/160204-animals-spiders-tarantulas-science-nation/

 

[Tomoran]

a link to the full article http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/02/160204-animals-spiders-tarantulas-science-nation/

Thank you kindly, Enn49!

"Aphonopelma hentzi, for instance, had been mislabeled as nine different species through the years."

Sweet! It sounds like they also might be finally consolidating some of the species that had been previously been mis-identified.

 

[SasyStace]

a link to the full article http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/02/160204-animals-spiders-tarantulas-science-nation/

Thank you I for the life of me couldn't get the link to post from my Cell phone

 

[SasyStace]

This was an expansion off the article that I also thought was pretty cool.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/...arantula-society-theraphosidae-science-world/

 

[Enn49]

This was an expansion off the article that I also thought was pretty cool.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/...arantula-society-theraphosidae-science-world/

And this years show is in May if anyone is in the UK then http://exhibition.thebts.co.uk/

 

[Bugmom]

There's now 29 distinct species in the Aphonopelma genus.

Here is the paper. I urge everyone to read the paper, not news articles (I haven't read any news articles, but the paper is THE revision itself, not something paraphrased) http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=6264

 

[Entity]

HOLY ****! I am a huge Johnny Cash fan! i need to get one of these like now!!

 

[MassExodus]

This is fantastic. I've been waiting for something like this for a long time. Hats off to Hamilton, Hendrickson and Bond. Wish I could buy them a beer.

 

[MassExodus]

This is fantastic. I've been waiting for something like this for a long time. Hats off to Hamilton, Hendrickson and Bond. Wish I could buy them a beer.

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