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

Xenesthis monstrosa Pocock, 1903

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Described:

Distribution: Colombia?

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Holotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK f - (Sherwood et al., 2023f)

Taxonomic References

Xenesthis monstrosus Pocock, 1903b: 93 (Df) Original description

Xenesthis monstrosa Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1979: 298, f. 39-40 (f)

Xenesthis monstrosa Schmidt, 2003l: 196, f. 558 (f)

Xenesthis monstrosa Sherwood et al., 2023j: 523, f. 16-17 (f)

References

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

Schiapelli, R. D. & Gerschman de P., B. S. (1979). Las arañas de la subfamilia Theraphosinae (Araneae, Theraphosidae). Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia (Ent.) 5: 287-300. -- Show included taxa

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