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Genus: Poecilotheria Simon, 1885 | Family: Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869

Poecilotheria vittata Pocock, 1895

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046438

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Described:

Distribution: India, Sri Lanka

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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) Original description

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. -- Show included taxa

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

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

External Resource References

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CITES (2020). Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, https://cites.org with appendices of protected species. Retrieved February 9, 2020 from https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php.

GBIF.org (2019). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [1 September 2019]

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