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Genus: Xenesthis Simon, 1891 | Family: Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869

Xenesthis intermedia Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1945

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002507

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Described:

Distribution: Venezuela

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales (MACN) “Bernardino Rivadavia”, Buenos Aires, Argentina f (841) (lost) - (Galiano & Maury, 1979)
Neotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK m (1912.8.1.1) - (Sherwood et al., 2023j)

Taxonomic References

Xenesthis intermedius Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1945: 188, pl. XIV (Df) Original description

Xenesthis intermedia Sherwood et al., 2023j: 519, f. 11A-F, 12A-C, 13-15 (Dm, f)

References

Schiapelli, R. D. & Gerschman, B. S. (1945). Parte descriptiva. In: Vellard, J., R. D. Schiapelli & B. S. Gerschman (eds.) Arañas sudamericanas colleccionadas por el Doctor J. Vellard. I. Theraphosidae nuevas o poco conocidas. Acta Zoologica Lilloana 3, 165-213. -- Show included taxa

Sherwood, D., Gabriel, R., Peñaherrera-R., P., Brescovit, A. D. & Lucas, S. M. (2023j). On the tarantula genus Xenesthis Simon, 1891, with description of a new species from Venezuela (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Taxonomy 3: 509-527. doi: 10.3390/taxonomy3040029 -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2023-12-01	New taxonomic reference entry	Sherwood et al., 2023j
2023-12-01	First description of male	Sherwood et al., 2023j	Old value