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

Psalmopoeus ecclesiasticus Pocock, 1903

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002365

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Described:

Distribution: Colombia, Ecuador

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK f (1903.7.1.111) - (Gabriel & Sherwood, 2019b)
Paratype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK 1m 1f (1903.7.1.112-113) - (Gabriel & Sherwood, 2019b)

Taxonomic References

Psalmopoeus ecclesiasticus Pocock, 1903b: 82 (Dmf) Original description

Psalmopoeus ecclesiasticus Schmidt, Bullmer & Thierer-Lutz, 2006: 8, f. 10 (m)

Psalmopoeus ecclesiasticus Gabriel & Sherwood, 2019b: 41, f. 1-10 (mf)

Psalmopoeus ecclesiasticus Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022: 77, f. 2, 217-235 (mf)

Psalmopoeus ecclesiasticus Peñaherrera-R. & León-E., 2023: 196, f. 10A-B (f)

Psalmopoeus ecclesiasticus Dupérré & Tapia, 2024b: 506, f. 7A-B, 8A-C (f)

References

Cifuentes, Y. & Bertani, R. (2022). Taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of the tarantula genera Tapinauchenius Ausserer, 1871, Psalmopoeus Pocock, 1985, and Amazonius n. gen. (Theraphosidae, Psalmopoeinae). Zootaxa 5101(1): 1-123. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5101.1.1 -- Show included taxa

Dupérré, N. & Tapia, E. (2024b). Description of a new Psalmopoeus Pocock, 1895 species (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Psalmopoeinae) from the Chocó region of Ecuador. Zootaxa 5437(4): 495-509. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5437.4.3 -- Show included taxa

Gabriel, R. & Sherwood, D. (2019b). The revised taxonomic placement of the three species of Psalmopoeus Pocock, 1895 described by R. I. Pocock in 1903 (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology 18(1): 40-46. doi: 10.13156/arac.2018.18.1.40 -- Show included taxa

Peñaherrera-R., P. & León-E., R. J. (2023). On Psalmopoeus Pocock, 1895 (Araneae, Theraphosidae) species and tarantula conservation in Ecuador. ZooKeys 1186: 185-205. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1186.108991 -- Show included taxa

Pocock, R. I. (1903b). On some genera and species of South-American Aviculariidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 11(61): 81-115. doi: 10.1080/00222930308678729 -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G., Bullmer, M. & Thierer-Lutz, M. (2006). Eine neue Psalmopoeus-Art aus Venezuela, Psalmopoeus langenbucheri sp. n. (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Aviculariinae). Tarantulas of the World 121/122: 3-17. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value
2024-04-16	New taxonomic reference entry	Dupérré & Tapia, 2024b
2023-12-22	New taxonomic reference entry	Peñaherrera-R. & León-E., 2023
2022-02-24	New taxonomic reference entry	Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022
2022-02-24	Species distribution update	Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022	Old value
2019-04-01	New taxonomic reference entry	Gabriel & Sherwood, 2019b