DOI: 10.5061/dryad.k6c82
title: Data from: Taxonomic revision of the tarantula genus Aphonopelma Pocock, 1901 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae) within the United States

description: This systematic study documents the taxonomy, diversity, and distribution
 of the tarantula spider genus Aphonopelma Pocock, 1901 within the United
 States. By employing phylogenomic, morphological, and geospatial data, we
 evaluated all 55 nominal species in the United States to examine the
 evolutionary history of Aphonopelma and the group’s taxonomy by
 implementing an integrative approach to species delimitation. Based on our
 analyses, we now recognize only 29 distinct species in the United States.
 We propose 33 new synonymies (A. apacheum, A. minchi, A. rothi, A.
 schmidti, A. stahnkei = A. chalcodes; A. arnoldi = A. armada; A. behlei,
 A. vogelae = A. marxi; A. breenei = A. anax; A. chambersi, A. clarum, A.
 cryptethum, A. sandersoni, A. sullivani = A. eutylenum; A. clarki, A.
 coloradanum, A. echinum, A. gurleyi, A. harlingenum, A. odelli, A.
 waconum, A. wichitanum = A. hentzi; A. heterops = A. moderatum; A. jungi,
 A. punzoi = A. vorhiesi; A. brunnius, A. chamberlini, A. iviei, A.
 lithodomum, A. smithi, A. zionis = A. iodius; A. phanum, A. reversum = A.
 steindachneri), 14 new species (A. atomicum sp. n., A. catalina sp. n., A.
 chiricahua sp. n., A. icenoglei sp. n., A. johnnycashi sp. n., A. madera
 sp. n., A. mareki sp. n., A. moellendorfi sp. n., A. parvum sp. n., A.
 peloncillo sp. n., A. prenticei sp. n., A. saguaro sp. n., A.
 superstitionense sp. n., and A. xwalxwal sp. n.), and seven nomina dubia
 (A. baergi, A. cratium, A. hollyi, A. mordax, A. radinum, A. rusticum, A.
 texense). Our proposed species tree based on Anchored Enrichment data
 delimits five major lineages: a monotypic group confined to California, a
 western group, an eastern group, a group primarily distributed in
 high-elevation areas, and a group that comprises several miniaturized
 species. Multiple species are distributed throughout two biodiversity
 hotspots in the United States (i.e., California Floristic Province and
 Madrean Pine-Oak Woodlands). Keys are provided for identification of both
 males and females. By conducting the most comprehensive sampling of a
 single theraphosid genus to date, this research significantly broadens the
 scope of prior molecular and morphological investigations, finally
 bringing a modern understanding of species delimitation in this dynamic
 and charismatic group of spiders.
description: AE
 phylogeniesThis is a .zip file
 containing concatenated and individual Anchored Enrichment loci nucleotide
 matrices for phylogenetic inference.AE_trees.zipAphonopelma_morphology_imagesA spreadsheet with filename information for all morphology images associated with species in the revision.CO1_accessionsSpreadsheet listing the CO1 GenBank accession numbers.CO1_phylogenyA .zip file containing the CO1 matrix and phylogeny.Aphonopelma morphology imagesA .zip file of all morphological images used in the revision to define species.Morphology_Images.zipAppendix 1Compressed file (.zip) containing locality data of Aphonopelma specimensAppendix 2Compressed files (.zip) containing Aphonopelma boxplot and PCA morphospace dataAppendix 3Compressed file (.zip) containing simple R scripts for analyzing Aphonopelma morphological spaceAppendix 4Compressed files (.zip) containing supplemental morphology figures