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Type deposit provide information

Holotype: Museum Wiesbaden, formerly Naturhistorisches Museum (MWNH), Wiesbaden, Germany; m (Nr. 360) of Phormictopus cancerides tenuispina Strand, 1906 (Jäger, 1998b)
Syntype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019); Mygale erichsonii C. L. Koch, 1841, (2056)

Taxonomic references

Mygale cancerides Latreille, 1806: 83 (D).
Mygale cancerides Hahn, 1820: 16, pl. 4 (Dm).
Mygale cancerides Hahn, 1833a: 77, f. 57 (m).
Mygale cancerides Walckenaer, 1837: 214 (Df).
Mygale erichsonii C. L. Koch, 1841a: vol. 9: 28, pl. 296, f. 709 (Dmf).
Mygale cancerides C. L. Koch, 1842: vol. 9: 63, pl. 309, f. 730 (f).
Eurypelma cancerides Ausserer, 1871a: 215.
Eurypelma cancerides Ausserer, 1875: 197, pl. 7, f. 40 (m).
Phormictopus cancerides Pocock, 1901c: 545.
Schizopelma erichsoni Banks, 1901d: 218.
Phormictopus cancerides tenuispina Strand, 1906c: 17 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002315].
Phormictopus cancerides Petrunkevitch, 1929b: 46, f. 28-30 (m).
Phormictopus cancerides Bücherl, 1957: 398, f. 71-71a (m).
Phormictopus cancerides Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1979: 296, f. 8-14 (mf).
Phormictopus cancerides Schmidt, 1986: 55, f. 77-78 (m).
Phormictopus cancerides Smith, 1986b: 151, f. 29h (m).
Phormictopus cancerides Smith, 1987b: 8, f. 1-11 (m).
Phormictopus cancerides Smith, 1987d: 151, f. 29h (m).
Phormictopus cancerides Hancock & Hancock, 1989: 50, f. 45 (f).
Phormictopus cancerides Schmidt, 1991a: 10, f. 2 (f).
Phormictopus cancerides Smith, 1992c: 40, f. 1.1-11 (m).
Phormictopus cancerides Schmidt, 1993d: 94, f. 270-273 (mf).
Phormictopus cancerides Pérez-Miles et al., 1996: 54, f. 34 (f).
Phormictopus cancerides Schmidt, 1997g: 18, f. 157-160 (mf).
Phormictopus cancerides Schmidt, 1999f: 15, f. 30-32 (mf).
Phormictopus cancerides Peters, 2000b: 76, f. 212-213 (mf).
Phormictopus cancerides Bertani, 2001: 324, f. 35-37 (mf).
Phormictopus cancerides Schmidt, 2001a: 3, f. 2 (f).
Phormictopus cancerides Peters, 2003: 263, f. 1052, 1058-1064 (mf).
Phormictopus cancerides Schmidt, 2003l: 134, f. 178-180 (mf).
Phormictopus cancerides Rudloff, 2008a: 20, f. 33-42 (mf, S of Phormictopus cancerides tenuispinus).

References

Ausserer, A. (1871a). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autor). Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 21: 117-224, pl. 1. [incl. unpubl. manuscript by Doleschall] -- Show included taxa

Ausserer, A. (1875). Zweiter Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autor). Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 25: 125-206, pl. 5-7. -- Show included taxa

Banks, N. (1901d). Some spiders and other Arachnida from Porto Rico. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 24: 217-227, pl. 15. -- Show included taxa

Bertani, R. (2001). Revision, cladistic analysis, and zoogeography of Vitalius, Nhandu, and Proshapalopus; with notes on other theraphosine genera (Araneae, Theraphosidae). Arquivos de Zoologia 36(3): 265-356. doi:10.11606/issn.2176-7793.v36i3p265-356 -- Show included taxa

Bücherl, W. (1957). Sôbre a importância dos bulbos copuladores e das apófises tibiais dos machos na sistemática das aranhas caranguejeiras (Orthognatha). Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 29: 377-416. -- Show included taxa

Hahn, C. W. (1820). Monographie der Spinnen. Lechner, Nürnberg, Heft 1, pp. 1-16, 4 pls. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.122225 -- Show included taxa

Hahn, C. W. (1833a). Die Arachniden. C. H. Zeh'sche Buchhandlung, Nürnberg, Erster Band, pp. 77-129, pl. 19-36 (f. 57-95); Zweiter Band, pp. 1-16, pl. 37-47 (f. 96-105). [for the correct year of publication see Brignoli, 1985b] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.43744 -- Show included taxa

Hancock, K. & Hancock, J. (1989). Sex determination of immature theraphosid spiders from their cast skins. Published by the authors, Southminster, England, 61 pp. -- Show included taxa

Koch, C. L. (1841a). Die Arachniden. C. H. Zeh'sche Buchhandlung, Nürnberg, Achter Band, pp. 41-131, pl. 265-288 (f. 621-694); Neunter Band, pp. 1-56, pl. 289-306 (f. 695-726). [for the correct year of publication see Brignoli, 1985b] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.43744 -- Show included taxa

Koch, C. L. (1842). Die Arachniden. C. H. Zeh'sche Buchhandlung, Nürnberg, Neunter Band, pp. 57-108, pl. 307-324 (f. 727-755); Zehnter Band, pp. 1-36, pl. 325-336 (f. 756-776). [for the correct year of publication see Brignoli, 1985b] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.43744 -- Show included taxa

Latreille, P. A. (1806). Genera crustaceorum et insectorum. Paris, tome 1, 302 pp. (Araneae, pp 82-127). -- Show included taxa

Pérez-Miles, F., Lucas, S. M., Silva Jr., P. I. da & Bertani, R. (1996). Systematic revision and cladistic analysis of Theraphosinae (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Mygalomorph 1: 33-68. -- Show included taxa

Peters, H.-J. (2000b). Tarantulas of the world: Kleiner Atlas der Vogelspinnen - Band 2. Published by the author, 162 pp. -- Show included taxa

Peters, H.-J. (2003). Tarantulas of the world: Amerika's Vogelspinnen. Published by the author, Wegberg, Germany, 328 pp. [Longhorn & Gabriel, 2019: 109: "We consider much of the information in Peters (2003) as erroneous"] -- Show included taxa

Petrunkevitch, A. (1929b). The spiders of Porto Rico. Part one. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 30: 1-158. -- Show included taxa

Pocock, R. I. (1901c). Some new and old genera of S.-American Avicularidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 8(48): 540-555. doi:10.1080/03745480109443359 -- Show included taxa

Rudloff, J.-P. (2008a). Zur Kenntnis der Gattung Phormictopus Pocock, 1901 - einem Faunenelement der Großen Antillen (Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae). Arthropoda 15(4): 2-51. -- Show included taxa

Schiapelli, R. D. & Gerschman de P., B. S. (1979). Las arañas de la subfamilia Theraphosinae (Araneae, Theraphosidae). Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia (Ent.) 5: 287-300. -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. (1986). Vogelspinnen: Lebensweise, Bestimmungsschlüssel, Haltung und Zucht. Albrecht Philler, Minden, 126 pp. -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. (1991a). Eine neue Vogelspinne aus Honduras Phormictopus atrichomatus sp. n. (Araneida: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae). Arachnologischer Anzeiger 11: 7-10. -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. (1993d). Vogelspinnen: Vorkommen, Lebensweise, Haltung und Zucht, mit Bestimmungsschlüsseln für alle Gattungen, Vierte Auflage. Landbuch, Hannover, 151 pp. -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. (1997g). Bestimmungsschlüssel für die Gattungen der Unterfamilie Theraphosinae (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnologisches Magazin 3(Sonderausgabe): 1-27. -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. (1999f). Bestimmungsschlüssel für die Gattungen der argentinischen Vogelspinnen und kommentierte Liste der argentinischen Vogelspinnenarten (Arachnida: Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae. Arachnologisches Magazin 7(11/12): 1-17. -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. (2001a). Nesipelma Schmidt & Kovarik, 1996 - ein Synonym von Phormictopus Pocock, 1901?. Arachnologisches Magazin 9(1/2): 1-7. -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. (2003l). Die Vogelspinnen: Eine weltweite Übersicht. Neue Brehm-Bücherei, Hohenwarsleben, 383 pp. -- Show included taxa

Smith, A. M. (1986b). The tarantula: classification and identification guide. Fitzgerald Publishing, London, 179 pp. -- Show included taxa

Smith, A. M. (1987b). Species file: Phormictopus cancerides (Latreille 1806). Journal of the British Tarantula Society 2(4): 8-13. -- Show included taxa

Smith, A. M. (1987d). The tarantula: classification and identification guide (second ed.). Fitzgerald Publishing, London, 179 pp. -- Show included taxa

Smith, A. M. (1992c). The identification of theraphosid spiders, with particular reference to the stridulating organ. In: Cooper, J. E., P. Pearce-Kelly & D. L. Williams (eds.) Arachnida: Proceedings of a One-Day Symposium on Spiders and their Allies held at the Zoological Society of London 21st November 1987. Chiron Publications, pp. 38-46. -- Show included taxa

Strand, E. (1906c). Über einige Vogelspinnen und afrikanische Spinnen des naturhistorischen Museums zu Wiesbaden. Jahrbücher des Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde 59: 1-45. -- Show included taxa

Walckenaer, C. A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des insectes. Aptères. Tome premier. Roret, Paris, 682 pp., pl. 1-15. [plates in second pdf] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.61095 -- Show included taxa

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Taxon details

Phormictopus cancerides (Latreille, 1806)

Taxon details

Family: Theraphosidae / Genus: Phormictopus

Phormictopus cancerides (Latreille, 1806)