Selenocosmia arndsti 1/4” wrapping paper I’m not even certain if

I’m not even certain if the spider we know in the hobby is the same spider that these taxonomist are referring too

A robust terrestrial spider from Brazil with striking thick white bands on a black spiders

These spiders originally came to the hobby under the name Theraphosinae sp

However this spider should not be confused with the similar grey and blue spider from Colombia that is often labeled as sp

size 6” - 8”

Selenocosmia arndsti 1/4” wrapping paper I’m not even certain ifsize 1 4 Rarely available obligate burrower from New Guinea, Indonesia & Papua New Guinea. This spider always made me think, if Bracypelma boehmei was an old world. Awesome rusty orange legs that can reach a 6 inch leg span. These spiders were described in 1991 by Gnter Schmidt und Volker von Wirth.