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

Psalmopoeus victori Mendoza, 2014

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047259

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Described:

Distribution: Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Colección Nacional de Arácnidos (CNAN), Institute of Biology, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (IBUNAM), Mexico City, Mexico m (T0086) - (Mendoza, 2014b)
Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA (Syn: Psalmopoeus copanensis) f (746617) - (Gabriel & Sherwood, 2020b)
Holotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK (Syn: Psalmopoeus sandersoni) m (1953.4.7.382) - (Gabriel & Sherwood, 2020b)
Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA (Syn: Psalmopoeus petenensis) f (74620) - (Gabriel & Sherwood, 2020b)
Paratype: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) = Hope Entomological Collections Oxford (HECO), Oxford, UK 1m 1f (2011-087) - (Gabriel & Sherwood, 2019b)
Paratype: Colección Nacional de Arácnidos (CNAN), Institute of Biology, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (IBUNAM), Mexico City, Mexico 3m 2f (T0806, T0087, T0088) - (Mendoza, 2014b)

Taxonomic References

Psalmopoeus victori Mendoza, 2014b: 729, f. 1-13, 18-20, 27, 29-31 (Dmf) Original description

Psalmopoeus copanensis Gabriel & Sherwood, 2020b: 388, f. 3-4 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051742]

Psalmopoeus sandersoni Gabriel & Sherwood, 2020b: 390, f. 8-14 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051743]

Psalmopoeus petenensis Gabriel & Sherwood, 2020b: 391, f. 15-16 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051744]

Psalmopoeus victori Gabriel & Sherwood, 2020b: 395, f. 24-31 (mf)

Psalmopoeus copanensis Sherwood et al., 2021e: 141, f. 8-9 (f)

Psalmopoeus victori Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022: 96, f. 307-310 (f, S of Psalmopoeus copanensis, P. petenensis and P. sandersoni)

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. & 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

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

Sherwood, D., Gabriel, R., Lucas, S. M. & Brescovit, A. D. (2021e). An anomalous spermathecae resolved after moulting events in a female of Hapalopus Ausserer, 1875 with a review of spermathecal anomalies in theraphosid spiders (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 39: 139-143. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2022-02-24	Species synonymy	Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022		Psalmopoeus petenensis synonymized with Psalmopoeus victori
2022-02-24	Species synonymy	Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022		Psalmopoeus sandersoni synonymized with Psalmopoeus victori
2022-02-24	Species synonymy	Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022		Psalmopoeus copanensis synonymized with Psalmopoeus victori
2022-02-24	New taxonomic reference entry	Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022
2022-02-24	Species distribution update	Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022	Old value
2020-03-24	New taxonomic reference entry	Gabriel & Sherwood, 2020b
2014-11-19	New taxonomic reference entry	Mendoza, 2014b
2014-11-19	New species inserted	Mendoza, 2014b