1 Spermathecae from holotype of S. embrithes in dorsal view 2 Live specimen in situ of Sericopelma cf. embrithes at type locality on Barro Colorado Island, probable adult Female [Photo: Insa Wagner, STRI] 3 Spermatheca drawing of female Nicaraguan Sericopelma sp. in dorsal from Schiapelli and Gerschman (1967), their figure 20 4 Spermatheca of mature female Sericopelma sp. Boquete (8.78°N, 82.43°W), Districto Boquete, Chiriquí Province, Panama, dorsal view lacking any distinct median notch 5 Same spermatheca (as 4) in lateral view with diagnostic ‘P-shape’ (of seen in reverse).