Yes real amel nigrita exist, or at least existed at one time. I don't know if pure ones are still out there but the late Lloyd Lemke offered them in the late 90's or early 2000's. I'm pretty sure he said they came from wild caught Tennessee stock and I do remember that they existed before the amel Chain Kings. These amel nigrita were dimorphic too, with one sex(I forget which) tending to be more yellowish and the other more of an olive color.

Lloyd had them on his price list and I also saw him selling them at one or two of the San Diego shows. I think they never took off because the babies are small and hard to get feeding compared to other getula ssp.
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