Plesiophrictus Explained
Plesiophrictus is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1899.[1]
Species
it contains eight species, found in Sri Lanka, India, and Micronesia:[2]
- Plesiophrictus fabrei (Simon, 1892) – India
- Plesiophrictus linteatus (Simon, 1891) – India
- Plesiophrictus meghalayaensis Tikader, 1977 – India
- Plesiophrictus millardi Pocock, 1899 (type) – India
- Plesiophrictus nilagiriensis Siliwal, Molur & Raven, 2007 – India
- Plesiophrictus senffti (Strand, 1907) – Micronesia
- Plesiophrictus sericeus Pocock, 1900 – India
- Plesiophrictus tenuipes Pocock, 1899 – Sri Lanka
Formerly included:
- P. bhori Gravely, 1915 (Transferred to Heterophrictus)
- P. blatteri Gravely, 1935 (Transferred to Heterophrictus)
- P. collinus Pocock, 1899 (Transferred to Sahydroaraneus)
- P. guangxiensis Yin & Tan, 2000 (Transferred to Chilobrachys)
- P. madraspatanus Gravely, 1935 (Transferred to Neoheterophrictus)
- P. mahabaleshwari Tikader, 1977 (Transferred to Heterophrictus)
- P. milleti (Pocock, 1900) (Transferred to Heterophrictus)
- P. raja Gravely, 1915 (Transferred to Sahydroaraneus)
See also
Notes and References
- Pocock. R. I.. 1899. Diagnoses of some new Indian Arachnida. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 744–753. 12. Reginald_Innes_Pocock.
- Gen. Plesiophrictus Pocock, 1899. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2020-06-08. 2020. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.
