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Genus Aphonopelma


Taxonomic revision of the tarantula genus Aphonopelma Pocock, 1901 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae) ...
By Chris A. Hamilton, Brent E. Hendrixson, Jason E. Bond
ZooKeys 560: 1–340, 2016
Full title: Taxonomic revision of the tarantula genus Aphonopelma Pocock, 1901 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae) within the United States
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Theraphosidae of the Mojave Desert west and north of the Colorado River (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae)
By Thomas R. Prentice
The Journal of Arachnology 25:137–176, 1997

Coupling between the heart and sucking stomach during ingestion in a Tarantula
By Jason A.Dunlop, John D.Altringham, Peter J.Mill
J. exp. Biol. 166, 83-9, 1992

Species delimitation, biogeography, and natural history of dwarf funnel web spiders (Mygalomorphae, Hexurellidae, Hexurella) fro
By Monjaraz-Ruedas, R., Mendez, R. W. & Hedin, M.
ZooKeys 1167: 109-157, 2023
Species delimitation, biogeography, and natural history of dwarf funnel web spiders (Mygalomorphae, Hexurellidae, Hexurella) from the United States/Mexico borderlands.
https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/17167
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1167.103463

Phylogeny of a cosmopolitan family of morphologically conserved trapdoor spiders (Mygalomorphae, Ctenizidae) using Anchored Hybr
By Godwin, R. L., Opatova, V., Garrison, N. L., Hamilton, C. A. & Bond, J. E.
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 126: 303-313, 2018
Phylogeny of a cosmopolitan family of morphologically conserved trapdoor spiders (Mygalomorphae, Ctenizidae) using Anchored Hybrid Enrichment, with a description of the family, Halonoproctidae Pocock 1901

https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/14352

The mygalomorph spider genus Microhexura (Araneae, Dipluridae)
By Frederick A. Coyle
Bulletin American Museum of Natural History 170: 64-75, 1981
Online download available from the AMNH publications website here: http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/1057. It's part of a large compilation of papers. The Microhexura section starts on page 64.

The natural history and taxonomy of Cicurina bryantae Exline (Araneae, Agelenidae).
By Bennett, R. G.
Journal of Arachnology , 1985
Bennett, R. G. 1985 . The natural history and taxonomy of Cicurina bryantae Exline (Araneae, Agelenidae). Journal of Arachnology, 13:87-96.

The Spiders of Texas. I
By W.J. Gertsch and S. Mulaik
Bulletin of The American Museum of Natural History, Volume 78, Article 6, pp. 307-340, 1940