Taxon details

Family: Theraphosidae / Genus: Poecilotheria

Poecilotheria hanumavilasumica Smith, 2004

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2018-02-26
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038383]
  • Distribution: India, Sri Lanka
Type deposit: provide information
Taxonomic references
Poecilotheria hanumavilasumica Smith, 2004: 52, f. 1-17 (Dmf).
Poecilotheria hanumavilasumica Nanayakkara et al., 2015: 3, f. 3-4, 5A-C (f).
Poecilotheria hanumavilasumica Sunil Jose, 2017a: 58, f. 1, 2A-C (f, no genitals).
References

Nanayakkara, R. P., Ganehiarachchi, G. A. S. M., Vishvanath, N. & Kusuminda, T. G. T. (2015). Discovery of the critically endangered tarantula species of the genus Poecilotheria (Araneae: Theraphosidae), Poecilotheria hanumavilasumica, from Sri Lanka. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 8: 1-6. doi:10.1016/j.japb.2015.01.002 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Smith, A. M. (2004). A new species of the arboreal theraphosid, genus Poecilotheria, from southern India (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae) with notes on its conservation status. Journal of the British Tarantula Society 19: 48-61. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Sunil Jose, K. (2017a). New records of Poecilotheria hanumavilasumica Smith, 2004 from Western Ghats, Kerala (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Species 18(58): 57-61. download pdf -- Show included taxa

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Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2018-02-26 New taxonomic reference entry Sunil Jose, 2017a n/a
2015-05-26 New taxonomic reference entry Nanayakkara et al., 2015 n/a
2015-05-26 Species distribution update Nanayakkara et al., 2015 n/a (Old value)