Useful references for books and papers relevant to Brachypelma


ESCOUBAS, P., M.-L. CÉLÉRIER & T. NAKAJIMA. (1997): High-performance Liquid Chromatography Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometry Peptide Fingerprinting of Tarantula Venoms in the Genus Brachypelma: Chemotaxonomic and Biochemical Applications. Rapid communications in mass spectrometry 11: 1891-1899.
(work on the proteins found in the venom of some Brachypelma species)

KLAAS, P. (2003): Vogelspinnen. Eugen Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart.
(book, good section on Brachypelma, German)

LOCHT, A., M. YÁÑEZ & I. VÃZQUEZ:. (1999): Distribution and natural history of Mexican species of Brachypelma and Brachypelmides (Theraphosidae, Theraphosinae) with morphological evidence for their synonymy. Journal of Arachnology 27(1): 196-200.
(paper about the Mexican Brachypelma, addresses distribution and issues regarding Brachypelmides)

Locht, A., F. Medina, R. Rojo & I. Vázquez. 2005: Una nueva especie de tarántula del género Aphonopelma Pocock 1901 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Theraphosinae) de México con notas sobre el género Brachypelma Simon 1891. Bol. Soc. ent. Aragonesa 37: 105-108.
(paper placing Brachypelma ruhnaui to Brachypelma albiceps)

LONGHORN, S. J. (2002): Genetic Evaluation of CITES II Protected Spiders of the Genus Brachypelma (Theraphosidae); including an outline of Non-Lethal Tissue Sampling. Master Thesis, University of London.
(masters thesis on D.N.A. work for Brachypelma species)

M’RABET, S. M., Y. HÉNAUT, R. ROJO & S. CALMÉ. (2005): A not so natural history of the tarantula Brachypelma vagans: Interaction with human activity. Journal of Natural History 39(27): 2515-2523.
(paper on Brachypelma vagans community around human habitat)

NICHOLAS, M. (2002): Hunting the Mexican Red Rump Tarantula in Belize.
Journal of the British Tarantula Society 18 (1): 9-20
(article on Brachypelma vagans in Belize)

PETERSEN, Stephen D., T Mason , S Akber , R West , B White, P Wilson (2006): Species identification of tarantulas using exuviae for international wildlife law
enforcement. Springer Science + Business Media B.V. 2006

PORTMAN, S. 2000. Breeding Brachypelma smithi. Journal of the British Tarantula Society 15(4): 135-138.
(article of breeding Brachypelma smithi)

REICHLING, S. B. (2000): Group dispersal in juvenile Brachypelma vagans (Araneae, Theraphosidae). Journal of Arachnology 28(2): 248-250.
(article on Brachypelma vagans, how the young disperse)

RUDLOFF, J.-P. (2003): Eine neue Brachypelma-Art aus Mexiko, Brachypelma schroederi sp.n. (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae). Arthropoda 11(3): 2-9.
(description and discussion of Brachypelma schroederi)

SMITH, A.M. (1994) Tarantulas of the USA and Mexico. Fitzgerald publishing.
158-176
(book with descriptions of some Brachypelma species)

STRIFFLER, B.F. (2004): DIE ROTKNIE- VOGELSPINNE Brachypelma smithi. NTV Natur und Tier-Verlag. Germany
(book all about Brachypelma smithi, German)

VERDEZ, J. M. & F. CLETON. (2001): Mygales - Découverte & Élevage. Bornemann - Philippe Gérard Éditions, Paris.
(annitha descriptions)

YAÑEZ, M. (1998): Historia natural de Brachypelma klaasi (Schmidt and Krause, 1994) (Araneae: Theraphosidae) de la costa del Pacífico mexicano. Faculty of Sciences. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México.
(paper on the natural history of Brachypelma klaasi)

YÁÑEZ, M. & G. FLOATER. (2000): Spatial distribution and habitat preference of the endangered tarantula, Brachypelma klaasi (Araneae: Theraphosidae) in Mexico. Biodiversity and Conservation 9: 795-810.
(paper on Brachypelma klaasi in Mexico)

YÁÑEZ, M., A. LOCHT & R. MACÍAS-ORDÓÑEZ. (1999): Courtship and mating behavior of Brachypelma klaasi (Araneae, Theraphosidae). Journal of Arachnology 27(1): 165-170.
(paper on the mating behaviour of Brachypelma klaasi)