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

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]

Species

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

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

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "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.