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Oscar F. Francke

Papers

Two new species of Bonnetina tarantulas (Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae) from Mexico: contributions to morphological nomenclature and molecular characterization of types

Journal of Natural History DOI:10.1080/00222933.2014.924770

Taxonomic revision of the genus Crassicrus Reichling & West, 1996 (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae), with the description of additional keels on the embolus

Journal of Arachnology 45(1): 67-98

Systematic revision of Brachypelma red-kneed tarantulas (Araneae: Theraphosidae), and the use of DNA barcodes to assist in the identification and conservation of CITES-listed species

Invertebrate Systematics 31(2): 157-179

Reconciling morphological and molecular systematics in tarantulas (Araneae: Theraphosidae): revision of the Mexican endemic genus Bonnetina

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2017, XX, 1–68.

Five new cave-dwelling species of Hemirrhagus Simon 1903 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Theraphosinae), with notes on the generic distribution and novel morphological features

Zootaxa 4407(4): 451-482

Systematic revision of Mexican threatened tarantulas Brachypelma (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae), with a description of a new genus, and implications on the conservation

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, , zlz046,

Species Described

Bonnetina tenuiverpis

Ortiz & Francke, 2014

Schizopelma juxtantricola

(Ortiz & Francke, 2015)

Bonnetina minax

Ortiz & Francke, 2017

Crassicrus tochtli

Candia-Ramírez & Francke, 2017

Crassicrus cocona

Candia-Ramírez & Francke, 2017

Crassicrus yumkimil

Candia-Ramírez & Francke, 2017

Bonnetina vittata

Ortiz & Francke, 2017

Bonnetina hijmenseni

Ortiz & Francke, 2017

Bonnetina julesvernei

Ortiz & Francke, 2017

Bonnetina unam

Ortiz & Francke, 2017

Bonnetina megagyna

Ortiz & Francke, 2017

Bonnetina tindoo

Ortiz & Francke, 2017

Bonnetina hobbit

Ortiz & Francke, 2017

Bonnetina flammigera

Ortiz & Francke, 2017

Crassicrus bidxigui

Candia-Ramírez & Francke, 2017

Bonnetina malinalli

Ortiz & Francke, 2017

Hemirrhagus akheronteus

Mendoza & Francke, 2018

Hemirrhagus billsteelei

Mendoza & Francke, 2018

Hemirrhagus diablo

Mendoza & Francke, 2018

Hemirrhagus kalebi

Mendoza & Francke, 2018

Hemirrhagus sprousei

Mendoza & Francke, 2018