Poecilotheria formosa
Appearance

Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Theraphosoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Theraphosidae
Subfamilia: Selenocosmiinae
Tribus: Poecilotheriini
Genus: Poecilotheria
Species: Poecilotheria formosa
Name
[edit]Poecilotheria formosa Pocock, 1899
Synonymy
[edit]- Poecilotheria nallamalaiensis Rao et al., 2006: 49
- Type locality: Nallamalai Hills, Eastern Ghats, Nagarjunasagar Srisailam Tiger Reserve, Prakasam Dist., Andhra Pradesh, India.
- Holotype: ZSI. female ♀. 26.VII.2003. legit K. Thulsi Rao & S.M. Maqsood Javed.
- Type locality: Nallamalai Hills, Eastern Ghats, Nagarjunasagar Srisailam Tiger Reserve, Prakasam Dist., Andhra Pradesh, India.
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Pocock, R.I. 1899. The genus Poecilotheria: its habits, history and species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 3: 82-96. Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- Rao, K.T., Bastawade, D.B., Javed, S.M.M. & Krishna, I.S.R. 2006. Description of two new species of spiders of the genus Poecilotheria Simon (Araneae: Theraphosidae) and Tmarus Simon (Araneae: Thomisidae) from Nallamalai Hills, eastern Ghats, Andhra Pradesh, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 106(1): 49–54. Reference page.
- Platnick, N. I. 2008. The World Spider Catalog, version 9.0. American Museum of Natural History. [1]
- 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Poecilotheria formosa (Endangered) Downloaded on 07 December 2008.
Vernacular names
[edit]English: Salem Ornamental Tarantula