Identificación De Tarántulas Listadas En La CITES Especies Aphonopelma, Brachypelma Y Sericopelma

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Identificación De Tarántulas Listadas En La CITES Especies Aphonopelma, Brachypelma Y Sericopelma Identificación de Tarántulas Listadas en la CITES Especies Aphonopelma, Brachypelma y Sericopelma Identificación de Tarántulas Listadas en la CITES Especies Aphonopelma, Brachypelma y Sericopelma Favor de citar como: Cooper, E.W.T., West, R. y Mendoza, J. (2019), Identificación de Tarántulas Listadas en la CITES: especies Aphonopelma, Brachypelma y Sericopelma, Comisión para la Cooperación Ambiental, Montreal, 80 pp. Esta publicación fue preparada por Ernest W.T. Cooper de E. Cooper Consultoría Ambiental para la Secretaría de la Comisión para la Cooperación Ambiental. La información contenida en este documento es responsabilidad del autor, y no necesariamente refleja los puntos de vista de la CCA, o de los Gobiernos de Canadá, México, o de los Estados Unidos de Norteamérica. A menos que se especifique lo contrario, todas las fotografías que aparecen en esta publicación fueron tomadas por los autores. Se permite la reproducción, en su totalidad o en partes, de este documento con fines educativos no-lucrativos, sin necesidad de obtener autorización especial de la Secretaría de la CCA, siempre y cuando se haga el reconocimiento de la fuente. La CCA apreciaría recibir una copia de cualquier publicación o material que utilice este documento como fuente. A menos que se indique lo contrario, el presente documento está protegido mediante licencia de tipo “Reconocimiento – No comercial – Sin obra derivada”, de Creative Commons. © Comisión para la Cooperación Ambiental, 2019 ISBN: 978-2-89700-256-5 (versión electrónica) Disponible en français – ISBN: 978-2-89700-255-8 (version électronique) Available in English – ISBN: 978-2-89700-254-1 (e-version) Depósito legal – Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, 2019 Depósito legal – Library and Archives Canada, 2019 Detalles de la publicación Categoría de documento: Publicación de proyecto Fecha de publicación: Febrero, 2019 Lenguage original: inglés Revisión y procedimientos de control de calidad: Revisión final: Febrero, 2019 QA338 Proyecto: Plan Operativo 2017-2018/ Apoyo al comercio sustentable de especies listadas en la CITES Fotografía de Portada: Brachypelma hamorii sub-adulta (Tarántula mexicana de rodillas anaranjadas) Derechos de Autor: Ernie Cooper Para obtener mayor información: Comisión para la Cooperación Ambiental 700, rue de la Gauchetière Ouest, bureau 1620 Montréal (Québec) H3B 5M2 Canadá t 514.350.4300 f 514.350.4314 [email protected] / www.cec.org/es Índice Lista de Abreviaciones y Siglas ............................................................................viii Glosario de Términos .............................................................................................ix Resumen .................................................................................................................... x Prefacio ..................................................................................................................... x Agradecimientos ......................................................................................................xi Introducción ............................................................................................................. 1 Métodos ..................................................................................................................... 4 Morfología de las Tarántulas .................................................................................. 8 Seguridad, Manejo y Examinación ...................................................................... 13 Los géneros Aphonopelma, Brachypelma y Sericopelma ..................................... 16 Brachypelma de cadera roja ................................................................................ 21 Brachypelma albiceps Pocock, 1903 ................................................................. 23 Brachypelma epicureanum (Chamberlin, 1925) ................................................ 25 Brachypelma kahlenbergi Rudloff, 2008 ........................................................... 28 Brachypelma sabulosum (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) .............................. 30 Brachypelma schroederi Rudloff, 2003 ............................................................. 32 Brachypelma vagans (Ausserer, 1875) .............................................................. 34 Brachypelma verdezi Schmidt, 2003 .................................................................. 36 Brachypelma patas rojas ........................................................................................ 39 Brachypelma auratum Schmidt, 1992................................................................ 41 Brachypelma baumgarteni Smith, 1993 ............................................................ 43 Brachypelma boehmei Schmidt & Klaas, 1993 ................................................. 46 Brachypelma emilia (White, 1856) .................................................................... 48 Brachypelma hamorii Tesmoingt, Cleton & Verdez, 1997 ................................ 50 Brachypelma klaasi (Schmidt & Krause, 1994) ................................................ 54 Brachypelma smithi (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) ...................................... 56 Otras tarántulas en la lista CITES ....................................................................... 60 Aphonopelma pallidum (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) ................................ 61 Brachypelma albopilosum Valerio, 1980 ........................................................... 63 Brachypelma fossorium Valerio, 1980 ............................................................... 66 Sericopelma angustum (Valerio, 1980) .............................................................. 68 Sericopelma embrithes (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936) ........................................... 70 Bibliografía ............................................................................................................. 73 Anexo A: Tarántulas enlistadas en el Apéndice II de la CITES ........................ 76 Índice de nombres científicos ................................................................................ 77 Lista de Tablas Tabla 1. Criterios para clasificar la disponibilidad de las especies en el comercio internacional, 2006–2016 .............16 Tabla 2. Rasgos morfológicos distintivos de Aphonopelma, Brachypelma y Sericopelma ..........................................29 Tabla 3. CITES Apéndice II vs. la nomenclatura actual y la prevista, hasta Agosto del 2018 .....................................95 Lista de Figuras Figura 1. Crecimiento y desarrollo de la especie Brachypelma baumgarteni .............................................................18 Figura 2. Morfología externa de una tarántula macho adulto .......................................................................................20 Figura 3. Parte inferior del prosoma de una tarántula macho adulto ............................................................................21 Figura 4. Gancho tibial en la pata I de una tarántula macho adulto ..............................................................................21 Figura 5. Tarso (pie) de una tarántula ...........................................................................................................................22 Figura 6. Pelos urticantes de tarántula, tipos I-VI ........................................................................................................22 Figura 7. Micrografías electrónicas de pelos urticantes de tarántula ............................................................................23 Figura 8. Tarántula mordiendo la palma de un hombre ................................................................................................26 Figura 9. Mordida de tarántula en la palma de un hombre ...........................................................................................26 Figura 10. Lesión en un ojo causada por pelos urticantes de tarántula .........................................................................27 Figura 11. Comparativos entre los fémures de las patas IV de la Aphonopelma, Brachypelma y Sericopelma ..........30 Figura 12. Comparativo entre caparazones de Aphonopelma, Brachypelma y Sericopelma .......................................30 Figura 13. Comparativo de las patas de las Brachypelma de patas rojas .....................................................................31 Figura 14. Brachypelma albiceps, hembra adulta del estado de Guerrero, México .....................................................34 Figura 15. Brachypelma albiceps, macho adulto del estado de Guerrero, México ......................................................34 Figura 16. Brachypelma albiceps, juvenil criada en cautiverio (8o estadio, 42 meses de edad)...................................35 Figura 17. Brachypelma albiceps, juvenil de captura silvestre del estado de Guerrero, México (edad desconocida) ...........35 Figura 18. Brachypelma epicureanum, hembra adulta del estado de Yucatán, México ...............................................37 Figura 19. Brachypelma epicureanum, macho adulto del estado de Quintana Roo, México .......................................37 Figura 20. Comparativo de abdómenes de B. epicureanum, B. kahlenbergi, B. sabulosum y B. vagans .....................38 Figura 21. Brachypelma epicureanum, juvenil de captura silvestre del estado de Yucatán, México (edad desconocida) .....38 Figura 22. Brachypelma kahlenbergi, hembra adulta del estado de Veracruz, México ................................................40
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