Aphonopelma chiricahua Hamilton, Hendrixson & Bond, 2016

♀ Female described ♂ Male described

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Distribution

USA

Type Locality: collected 1 mile up the road (42 Forest Rd.) from the lookout trail, Cochise Co., Arizona

Adult Male Activity

Collection months of 10 adult male specimen records

Etymology

The specific epithet is a noun in apposition taken from type locality, the Chiricahua Mountains outside of Portal, Arizona, where this new species appears to be endemic.

Specimen Records (15)

APH_3191 Type USA

Cave Creek Canyon, on Portal Rd/42A (road to SWRS), ~1 mile up the road from the lookout trail

November 2013 · col. Helen Snyder

APH_2096 USA

5 miles west of Portal

October 1963 · col. F. Times

APH_2567 USA

5 miles west of Portal (SWRS)

November 1969 · col. V. Roth

APH-5004 United States

Cave Creek Canyon, along Forest Road 42, Chiricahua Mountains, 1501 m, Arizona, Cochise County

October 2018 · col. B. E. Hendrixson & M. A. Jacobi

Male of Aphonopelma chiricahua (UIM).

APH-5005 United States

Cave Creek Canyon, along Forest Road 42, Chiricahua Mountains, 1501 m, Arizona, Cochise County

October 2018 · col. Michael A. Jacobi

Male of Aphonopelma chiricahua (UIM).

APH-5006 United States

1 km from entrance to Chiricahua National Monument, 1574 m, Arizona, Cochise County

October 2018 · col. B. E. Hendrixson & M. A. Jacobi

Male of Aphonopelma chiricahua (UIM).

APH-5010 juvenile United States

Cave Creek Visitor Information Center restroom, Chiricahua Mountains, 1512 m, Arizona, Cochise County

October 2018 · col. Michael A. Jacobi

Immature specimen of Aphonopelma chiricahua (UIM); found inside a human-made structure.

APH-5049 United States

Cave Creek Canyon, along Forest Road 42 at horse corral, Chiricahua Mountains, 1515 m, Arizona, Cochise County

November 2018 · col. Michael A. Jacobi

Male of Aphonopelma chiricahua (AMNH).

APH-5050 United States

On hillside along Forest Road 42, Chiricahua Mountains, 1720 m, Arizona, Cochise County

June 2018 · col. Michael A. Jacobi

Female of Aphonopelma chiricahua (UIM); one of the first mature females found, from a silk-covered burrow.

APH-4021 juvenile United States

Along Forest Road 42, Chiricahua Mountains, 1693 m, Arizona, Cochise County

October 2019 · col. B. E. Hendrixson, C. A. Hamilton, M. A. Jacobi, C. Campbell & T. Patterson

Immature specimen of Aphonopelma chiricahua (UIM); found under a rock.

APH-4023 United States

Along Forest Road 42, Chiricahua Mountains, 1608 m, Arizona, Cochise County

October 2019 · col. Wyatt Mendez

Male of Aphonopelma chiricahua (UIM).

APH-5078 juvenile United States

Cave Creek Canyon, Cathedral Vista Point Trail, Chiricahua Mountains, 1567 m, Arizona, Cochise County

November 2019 · col. W. Mendez & W. Schoepfle

Immature specimen of Aphonopelma chiricahua (UIM); from a small burrow along a vertical bank.

APH-5126 United States

Cave Creek Visitor Information Center, Chiricahua Mountains, 1506 m, Arizona, Cochise County

November 2021 · col. David Jasper

Male of Aphonopelma chiricahua (UIM).

APH-5144 United States

Along Forest Road 42, Chiricahua Mountains, 1618 m, Arizona, Cochise County

October 2021 · col. Wyatt Mendez

Male of Aphonopelma chiricahua (UIM).

APH-5400 United States

Cave Creek Canyon, Cathedral Vista Point area, Chiricahua Mountains, 1634 m, Arizona, Cochise County

August 2023 · col. C. A. Hamilton, L. Chávez & W. Mendez

Female of Aphonopelma chiricahua (UIM); new female exemplar used in the redescription, from a silk-covered burrow.