Poecilotheria formosa

Poecilotheria formosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Theraphosoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Mygalomorphae Superfamilia: Theraphosoidea

Familia: Theraphosidae
Subfamilia: Selenocosmiinae
Tribus: Poecilotheriini
Genus: Poecilotheria
Species: Poecilotheria formosa

Name

Poecilotheria formosa Pocock, 1899

Synonymy

• 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.

References

Primary references

• 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

• 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

English: Salem Ornamental Tarantula