Aphonopelma

Taxonomic Hierarchy

• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Arthropoda
• Class: Arachnida
• Order: Araneae
• Suborder: Mygalomorphae
• Family: Theraphosidae
• Genus: Aphonopelma

Author

Reginald Innes Pocock, 1901

Sightings Overview

There have been 15 confirmed sightings of Aphonopelma, with the most recent sighting submitted on September 23, 2025 by Spider ID member dedicat. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 15 sightings because of certain Aphonopelma sightings reporting incomplete data.

• Web: 7% of the time, Aphonopelma spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 15)
• Sex: 1 female and 0 male.
• Environment: Aphonopelma has been sighted 21 times outdoors, and 2 times indoors.
• Outdoors: Man-made structure (3). Low foliage (2). Ground layer (10). Under rock or debris (1). Open field, pasture, grassland (3). Desert area (2).

Location and Range

Aphonopelma has been sighted in the following countries: United States.

Aphonopelma has also been sighted in the following states: Arizona, California, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas.

Seasonality

Aphonopelma has been primarily sighted during the month of April.

• January:
• February:
• March: 2
• April: 3
• May: 3
• June:
• July: 1
• August:
• September: 2
• October: 2
• November:
• December: 2