Taxon details

Family: Theraphosidae / Genus: Poecilotheria

Poecilotheria vittata Pocock, 1895

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: - -
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046438]
  • Distribution: India, Sri Lanka
Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK; m (86-93) (Nanayakkara et al., 2020)
Taxonomic references
Poecilotheria vittata Pocock, 1895a: 172 (Dm).
Poecilotheria pederseni Kirk, 2001: 77, f. 1-4, 9-22 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039248].
Poecilotheria pederseni Peters, 2005b: 96, f. 308-312 (mf).
Poecilotheria vittata Gabriel, Gallon & Smith, 2013: 104, f. 1-7 (removed m from S of P. striata, contra Kirk, 1996: 22, Sf).
References

Gabriel, R., Gallon, R. & Smith, A. (2013). The revised taxonomical status of some Poecilotheria species Simon 1885 (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Journal of the British Tarantula Society 28: 103-110. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Kirk, P. J. (2001). A new species of Poecilotheria (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from Sri Lanka. British Tarantula Society Journal 16: 77-88. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Peters, H.-J. (2005b). Tarantulas of the world: Kleiner Atlas der Vogelspinnen - Band 3. Published by the author, 130 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Pocock, R. I. (1895a). On a new and natural grouping of some of the Oriental genera of Mygalomorphae, with descriptions of new genera and species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 15(86): 165-184, pl. 10. doi:10.1080/00222939508677863 download pdf -- Show included taxa

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