Taxon details

Family: Theraphosidae / Genus: Xenesthis

Xenesthis avanzadora Sherwood, Gabriel, Peñaherrera-R., Brescovit & Lucas, 2023

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m
  • Last updated: 2023-12-01
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059515]
  • Distribution: Venezuela
Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK; m (1954.6.8.1) (Sherwood et al., 2023j)
Taxonomic references
Xenesthis avanzadora Sherwood et al., 2023j: 512, f. 1A-F, 2A-C, 3 (Dm).
References

Sherwood, D., Gabriel, R., Peñaherrera-R., P., Brescovit, A. D. & Lucas, S. M. (2023j). On the tarantula genus Xenesthis Simon, 1891, with description of a new species from Venezuela (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Taxonomy 3: 509-527. doi:10.3390/taxonomy3040029 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2023-12-01 New taxonomic reference entry Sherwood et al., 2023j n/a
2023-12-01 New species inserted Sherwood et al., 2023j n/a