Taxon details

Family: Theraphosidae / Genus: Poecilotheria

Poecilotheria tigrinawesseli Smith, 2006

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2024-07-15
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039507]
  • Distribution: India
Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK; m (Smith, 2006a)
  • Holotype: Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), Mumbai, India; m (SP88) of Poecilotheria chaojii (Sherwood & Tripathi, 2024)
  • Paratype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK; mf (Smith, 2006a)
Taxonomic references
Poecilotheria tigrinawesseli Smith, 2006a: 86, f. 1-20 (Dmf).
Poecilotheria tigrinawesseli West, Nunn & Hogg, 2012: 25, f. 28a-b (mf).
Poecilotheria chaojii Mirza, Sanap & Bhosale, 2014b: 61, f. 1, 2a-b, 3a-c, 4a-c, 5a,c-d (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050522].
Poecilotheria tigrinawesseli Sherwood, 2019a: 19, f. 1-17 (mf, S of Poecilotheria chaojii).
Poecilotheria tigrinawesseli Sherwood & Tripathi, 2024: 13, f. 1A-H (m).
References

Mirza, Z. A., Sanap, R. V. & Bhosale, H. (2014b). Description of a new species of arboreal tarantula of the genus Poecilotheria Simon, 1885 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from Satpura Hills, Central India. Journal of the British Tarantula Society 29(2): 60-65. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Sherwood, D. (2019a). Revised taxonomical placement of Poecilotheria chaojii Mirza, Sanap & Bhosale, 2014 (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology 18(1): 19-21. doi:10.13156/arac.2018.18.1.19 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Sherwood, D. & Tripathi, R. (2024). Notes on a type specimen of Poecilotheria Simon, 1885 from India (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Newsletter of the British Arachnological Society 160: 13. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Smith, A. M. (2006a). A new species of Poecilotheria from northern peninsular India (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae) with notes on its distribution and conservation status. Journal of the British Tarantula Society 21: 83-94. download pdf -- Show included taxa

West, R. C., Nunn, S. C. & Hogg, S. (2012). A new tarantula genus, Psednocnemis, from west Malaysia (Araneae: Theraphosidae), with cladistic analysis and biogeography of Selenocosmiinae Simon 1889. Zootaxa 3299: 1-43. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3299.1.1 download pdf -- Show included taxa

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Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2024-07-15 New taxonomic reference entry Sherwood & Tripathi, 2024 n/a
2019-04-01 New taxonomic reference entry Sherwood, 2019a n/a
2019-04-01 Species synonymy Sherwood, 2019a Poecilotheria chaojii synonymized with Poecilotheria tigrinawesseli