Psalmopoeus reduncus (Karsch, 1880)

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Described:

Distribution: Nicaragua


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Taxonomic References
Tapinauchenius reduncus Karsch, 1880c: 387 (Dmf) Original description
Psalmopoeus reduncus Simon, 1903a: 960, f. 1109
Psalmopoeus reduncus Valerio, 1979: 302, f. 1-5 (mf)
Psalmopoeus reduncus Schmidt, 1993d: 106, f. 328-329 (f)
Psalmopoeus reduncus Peters, 2000b: 92, f. 267 (f)
Psalmopoeus reduncus Peters, 2003: 278, f. 1113 (f)
Psalmopoeus reduncus Schmidt, 2003l: 256, f. 15 (f)
Psalmopoeus reduncus Schmidt, Bullmer & Thierer-Lutz, 2006: 8, f. 12 (f)
Psalmopoeus reduncus Gabriel, 2008: 8 (S of Psalmopoeus maya, revalidated by Gabriel, 2018: 36)
Psalmopoeus reduncus Mendoza, 2014b: 734, f. 14-15, 21-23, 28 (mf)
Psalmopoeus reduncus Gabriel & Sherwood, 2020b: 392, f. 17-23 (m)
Psalmopoeus reduncus Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022: 70 (S of Psalmopoeus intermedius [revalidated by Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025c: 497]; mf f. 183-198 see P. drolshageni)
Psalmopoeus reduncus Sherwood, Logunov & Gabriel, 2022: 215, f. 19-23 (m)
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

Gabriel, R. (2008). Psalmopoeus reduncus (Karsch, 1880) a theraphosid spider new to Panama. Newsletter of the British Arachnological Society 112: 8-10. -- Show included taxa

Gabriel, R. & Sherwood, D. (2020b). Revised taxonomic placement of some Mesoamerican Psalmopoeus Pocock, 1895, with description of three new species (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology 18(4): 387-398. doi: 10.13156/arac.2020.18.4.387 -- Show included taxa

Karsch, F. (1880c). Arachnologische Blätter (Decas I). Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften, Dritte Folge 5: 373-409, pl. 12. -- Show included taxa

Mendoza M., J. I. (2014b). Psalmopoeus victori, the first arboreal theraphosid spider described for Mexico (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Aviculariinae). Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 85: 728-735. doi: 10.7550/rmb.44597 -- Show included taxa

Peters, H.-J. (2000b). Tarantulas of the world: Kleiner Atlas der Vogelspinnen - Band 2. Published by the author, Wegberg, Germany, 162 pp. -- Show included taxa

Peters, H.-J. (2003). Tarantulas of the world: Amerika's Vogelspinnen. Published by the author, Wegberg, Germany, 328 pp. [[Longhorn & Gabriel, 2019: 109: "We consider much of the information in Peters (2003) as erroneous"]] -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. (1993d). Vogelspinnen: Vorkommen, Lebensweise, Haltung und Zucht, mit Bestimmungsschlüsseln für alle Gattungen, Vierte Auflage. Landbuch Hannover, 151 pp. -- Show included taxa

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

Sherwood, D., Logunov, D. V. & Gabriel, R. (2022). An annotated catalogue of the theraphosid spiders held in the collections of the Manchester Museum (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology 19(Special Issue): 209-219. doi: 10.13156/arac.2022.19.sp1.209 -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1903a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second. Roret, Paris, pp. 669-1080. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts]] -- Show included taxa

Valerio, C. E. (1979). Arañas terafósidas de Costa Rica (Araneae: Theraphosidae). II. Psalmopoeus reduncus, redescripción, distribución y el problema de dispersión en terafósidas. Revista de Biología Tropical 27: 301-308. -- Show included taxa

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Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2025-11-02 Species distribution update Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025c Old value
2025-11-02 Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Psalmopoeus intermedius Chamberlin, 1940
2025-11-02 Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Psalmopoeus intermedius Chamberlin, 1940
2022-06-15 New taxonomic reference entry Sherwood, Logunov & Gabriel, 2022
2022-02-24 Species distribution update Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022 Old value
2022-02-24 New taxonomic reference entry Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022
2022-02-24 Species synonymy Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022 Psalmopoeus intermedius synonymized with Psalmopoeus reduncus
2020-03-24 Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Psalmopoeus maya Witt, 1996
2020-03-24 Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Psalmopoeus maya Witt, 1996
2020-03-24 New taxonomic reference entry Gabriel & Sherwood, 2020b
2020-03-24 New taxonomic reference entry Gabriel & Sherwood, 2020b
2014-11-19 New taxonomic reference entry Mendoza, 2014b

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