Plesiophrictus

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Plesiophrictus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Plesiophrictus
Pocock, 1899 [1]
Type species
P. millardi
Pocock, 1899
Species

8, see text

Synonyms [1]

Plesiophrictus is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1899. [3]

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Species

As of May 2020 it contains eight species, found in Sri Lanka, India, and Micronesia: [1]

Formerly included:

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gen. Plesiophrictus Pocock, 1899". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  2. Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 155.
  3. Pocock, R. I. (1899). "Diagnoses of some new Indian Arachnida". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 12: 744–753.