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

Lyrognathus robustus Smith, 1988

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002226

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Described:

Distribution: Malaysia

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Taxonomic References

Lyrognathus robustus Smith, 1988b: 15, f. 1-13 (Df) Original description

Lyrognathus robustus Smith, 1989a: 13, unnumbered f. (f)

Lyrognathus liewi West, 1991: 616, f. 1-7, 10-11 (Df)

Lyrognathus robustus Schmidt & von Wirth, 1992a: 10 (S)

Lyrognathus robustus Schmidt, 2003l: 233, f. 734 (f)

Lyrognathus robustus West & Nunn, 2010a: 31, f. 91-112 (f, Dm)

References

Schmidt, G. & Wirth, V. von (1992a). Neue Veröffentlichungen über Vogelspinnen. Arachnologischer Anzeiger 3(4): 10. -- Show included taxa

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

Smith, A. M. (1988b). Lyrognathus robustus, a new species of theraphosid spider from Malaysia. Journal of the British Tarantula Society 4(2): 15-19. -- Show included taxa

Smith, A. M. (1989a). How to use the spermathecae as a taxonomic tool in theraphosid identification. Journal of the British Tarantula Society 4(3): 10-14. [[reprinted in Spider Club News 5(1): 4-7]] -- Show included taxa

West, R. C. (1991). A new theraphosid spider from the Cameron Highlands, Malaysia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 30: 615-619. -- Show included taxa

West, R. C. & Nunn, S. C. (2010a). A taxonomic revision of the tarantula spider genus Lyrognathus Pocock 1895 (Araneae, Theraphosidae), with notes on the Selenocosmiinae. Zootaxa 2362: 1-43. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.2362.1.1 -- Show included taxa

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