Rick C. West

Beratz, M., Ferretti, N., Chaparro, J. C., Ochoa, J. A., Allen, J. P. & West, R. C. (2026). A new endemic genus of tarantula (Theraphosidae, Ischnocolinae) from southern Peru. Zoosystema 48(9): 273-286.

Quispe-Colca, O. M., Ferretti, N., Chaparro, J. C., Ochoa, J. A. & West, R. C. (2026). On a new genus of dwarf tarantulas (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae) endemic from Peru: evidence from morphology and molecular phylogeny, with description of three new species. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 84: 371-392.

Yu, K., von Wirth, V., West, R. C., Zhang, S. & Zhang, F. (2026). Khantao gen. nov., a new genus of Selenocosmiinae Simon, 1889 from western Yunnan of China (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae). Zootaxa 5853(2): 151-188.

Signorotto, F., Ferretti, N., Chaparro, J. C., Ochoa, J. A. & West, R. C. (2025). The genus Thrixopelma Schmidt, 1994 from Peru: redescription of the male of T. ockerti Schmidt, 1994 (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae), and a new species. Arachnology 20 (1): 107-114.

Ferretti, N., Chaparro, J. C., Ochoa, J. A. & West, R. C. (2025). Phylogeny of the high-altitude tarantulas Hapalotremus Simon, 1903 (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae) with the description of a new species. Insect Systematics & Evolution 56 (1): 90-110.

Hoang, Q. D., Yu, K., Wendt, I., West, R. C. & von Wirth, V. (2025). The new genus Magnacrus (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Ornithoctoninae) from Vietnam, with notes on Citharognathus hosei Pocock, 1895. Zootaxa 5701(3): 351-381.

Millenpeier, M., Chaparro, J. C., Ochoa, J. A., Ferretti, N. & West, R. C. (2024). A new species of Thrixopelma (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae) from southern Peru. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 59 (2): 578-586.

Ferretti, N., Chaparro, J. C., Ochoa, J. A. & West, R. C. (2022). A new tarantula (Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae) genus endemic from Peru with a novel genitalic morphology among theraphosinae and its phylogenetic placement. Zoologischer Anzeiger - A Journal of Comparative Zoology 302(3).

Nicoletta, M., Ferretti, N., Chaparro, J. C. & West, R. C. (2022). First record of Tmesiphantes Simon, 1892 (Araneae, Theraphosidae) in Peru: a new species and its phylogenetic placement. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 94(4, e20200702): 1-17.

Kaderka, R., Ferretti, N., Hüsser, M., Lüddecke, T. & West, R. C. (2021). Antikuna, a new genus with seven new species from Peru (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae) and the highest altitude record for the family. Journal of Natural History 55(21-22): 1335-1402.

Sherwood, D., Ferretti, N., Gabriel, R. & West, R. C. (2021). Redescription of the theraphosine Hapalotremus albipes Simon, 1903 and description of four new species of Hapalotremus Simon, 1903 from Peru and Bolivia (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology 18(9): 965-989.

Nicoletta, M., Chaparro, J. C., Mamani, L., Ochoa, J. A., West, R. C. & Ferretti, N. (2020). Two new endemic species of Bistriopelma (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from Peru, including a new remarkable horned tarantula. European Journal of Taxonomy 644: 1-20.

Montemor, V. M., West, R. C., Zamani, A., Moradmand, M., von Wirth, V., Wendt, I., Huber, S. & Guadanucci, J. P. L. (2020). Taxonomy of the genus Ischnocolus in the Middle East, with description of a new species from Oman and Iran (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Zoology in the Middle East.

Ferretti, N., Cavallo, P. E., Chaparro, J. C., Tamayo, D. R., Seimon, T. A. & West, R. C. (2018). The Neotropical genus Hapalotremus Simon, 1903 (Araneae: Theraphosidae), with the description of seven new species and the highest altitude record for the family. Journal of Natural History 52(29-30): 1927-1984.

Nunn, S. C., West, R. C. & von Wirth, V. (2016). A Revision of the Selenocosmiine Tarantula Genus Phlogiellus Pocock 1897 (Araneae: Theraphosidae), with Description of 4 New Species. International Journal of Zoology Volume 2016 (2016).

Nunn, S. C. & West, R. C. (2013). A New Species of Tarantula Spider in the Genus Lyrognathus Pocock 1895 (Araneae, Theraphosidae) from Sumatra. International Scholarly Research Network Zoology 2013(590809): 1-13.

West, R. C., Nunn, S. C. & Hogg, S. (2012). A new tarantula genus, Psednocnemis, from west Malaysia (Araneae: Theraphosidae), with cladistic analysis and biogeography of Selenocosmiinae Simon 1889. Zootaxa 3299: 1-4.

West, R. C. & Nunn, S. C. (2010). A taxonomic revision of the tarantula spider genus Coremiocnemis Simon 1892 (Araneae, Theraphosidae), with further notes on the Selenocosmiinae. Zootaxa 2443: 1-64.

West, R. C. & Nunn, S. C. (2010). A taxonomic revision of the tarantula spider genus Lyrognathus Pocock 1895 (Araneae, Theraphosidae), with notes on the Selenocosmiinae. Zootaxa 2362: 1-43.

West, R. C., Marshall, S. D., Fukushima, C. S. & Bertani, R. (2008). Review and cladistic analysis of the Neotropical tarantula genus Ephebopus Simon 1892 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) with notes on the Aviculariinae. Zootaxa 1849: 35-58.

West, R. C. (2000). Some new theraphosids from western Mexico (Araneae, Mygalomorphae). Southwestern Naturalist 45: 299-305.

West, R. C. & Marshall, S. D. (2000). Description of two new species of Ephebopus Simon, 1892 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Aviculariinae). Arthropoda 8(2): 6-14.

Reichling, S. B. & West, R. C. (2000). A new species of tarantula spider (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae) from the Cayo District of Belize. Southwestern Naturalist 45: 128-132.

Reichling, S. B. & West, R. C. (1996). A new genus and species of theraphosid spider from Belize (Araneae, Theraphosidae). Journal of Arachnology 24: 254-261.