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Genus: Citharognathus Pocock, 1895 | Family: Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869

Citharognathus hosei Pocock, 1895

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001922

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Described:

Distribution: Malaysia (Borneo)

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK f (1894.9.19.1.2) - (Müller et al., 2024)

Taxonomic References

Citharognathus hosei Pocock, 1895a: 183, pl. 10, f. 1 (Df) Original description

Citharognathus hosei Hoang et al., 2025: 370, f. 9A-F, 10A-F, 11A-F, 12A-B, 13B (Dm, f)

References

Hoang, Q. D., Yu, K., Wendt, I., West, R. C. & Wirth, V. von (2025). The new genus Magnacrus (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Ornithoctoninae) from Vietnam, with notes on Citharognathus hosei Pocock, 1895. Zootaxa 5701(3): 351-381. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5701.3.5 -- 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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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-10-03	New taxonomic reference entry	Hoang et al., 2025
2025-10-03	First description of male	Hoang et al., 2025	Old value