The Poecilotheria List

Abraxis

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It is one of those questions that keeps you up all night... pondering... thinking... then getting up at 5am searching the net and seeing what you can find...

How many Species make up the Genus Poecilotheria ??

Poecilotheria fasciata
Poecilotheria formosa
Poecilotheria hillyardi
Poecilotheria metallica
Poecilotheria miranda
Poecilotheria ornata
Poecilotheria pederseni
Poecilotheria pococki
Poecilotheria regalis
Poecilotheria rufilata
Poecilotheria smithi
Poecilotheria striata
Poecilotheria subfusca
Poecilotheria uniformis

are the ones I have found... is there anyone out there more knowledgeable that can add any (LOTS ???) to my list ?

Peace Out

Ken
 

Scorpiove

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What about the ones in in the wild at this very moment that nobody knows about? lol could be a up to a hundred! What about the ones that people will never ever find due to habitat destruction. There is atleast a couple of poke species that you will never know about.
 

priZZ

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I don't think there is a pokie called hillyardi... except that the list is complet, what we know in this moment.
 

morda

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And what about that newly discoverd Pokie? Schmidt I think discoverd a Pokie... don't remamber the name right now...
 

Martin H.

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Hi,

Abraxis said:
It is one of those questions that keeps you up all night... pondering... thinking... then getting up at 5am searching the net and seeing what you can find...
why searching the net when you just have to visit the World Spider Catalog by N. Platnick? >>click here<< =;-)


"Poecilotheria hillyardi" is not a valid name. The species which Charpentier originally intended to call "Poecilotheria hillyardi" till he lost his interest into spiders totally and which A. Smith initially intended to name "Poecilotheria kirki" has been lately described as Poecilotheria hanumavilasumica:
  • SMITH, A. M. (2004): A new species of the arboreal Theraphosid, genus Poecilotheria, from southern India (Aranea, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae) with notes on its conservation status. British Tarantula Society Journal 19(2): 48-61.
all the best,
Martin
 

Aviculariinae

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New species is Poecilotheria Hanumavilasum,

Hillyardi is not valid species!

EDIT: Damn you martin too quick for me.
 

Martin H.

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Aviculariinae said:
New species is Poecilotheria Hanumavilasum
hanumavilasumica – désolé for the nitpicking.

all the best,
Martin
 

Aviculariinae

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Martin H. said:
hanumavilasumica – désolé for the nitpicking.

all the best,
Martin
I didnt see this on the report done by smith thats on the bts site,it just said Poecilotheria Hanumavilasum when or why was ica added.
 

Crotalus

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And P. vittata was about to get resurrected again. Whether that is on its way I dont know.

/Lelle
 

Andrew vV

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Hmmm, I thought P. vitatta and P. striata were synonymous......another recent change?!
 

Martin H.

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Hi Brendan,

Aviculariinae said:
I didnt see this on the report done by smith thats on the bts site,it just said Poecilotheria Hanumavilasum when or why was ica added.
probably because of the rules of nomenclature. In the paper/describtion it is called Poecilotheria hanumavilasumica sp. nov.
see:
  • SMITH, A. M. (2004): A new species of the arboreal Theraphosid, genus Poecilotheria, from southern India (Aranea, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae) with notes on its conservation status. British Tarantula Society Journal 19(2): 48-61.
all the best,
Martin
 

m@rvin

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I dont know when it has last been updated. But here is an offficial list.


The World Spider Catalog, Version 4.5
by Norman I. Platnick



Gen. Poecilotheria Simon, 1885

In synonymy:
P. bara Chamberlin, 1917 = P. subfusca Pocock, 1895 (Kirk, 1996: 21).
P. gadgili (Tikader, 1977, T from Ornithoctonus) = P. regalis Pocock, 1899 (von Wirth, 1991a: 5).
P. vittata Pocock, 1895 = P. striata Pocock, 1895 (Kirk, 1996: 22).

mf fasciata (Latreille, 1804) *....................India, Sri Lanka
Mygale f. Latreille, 1804a: 160 (D).
Mygale f. Latreille, 1806: 83 (D).
Mygale f. Hahn, 1835: 65, f. 157 (Df).
Mygale f. C. L. Koch, 1841a: 41, f. 717 (f).
Scurria f. C. L. Koch, 1850: 74.
P. f. Simon, 1885e: 38.
P. f. Karsch, 1891: 274 (Dm).
P. f. Pocock, 1899a: 87, pl. 7, f. 2 (f).
Scurria f. Pocock, 1900a: 192.

f formosa Pocock, 1899....................India
P. f. Pocock, 1899a: 91 (Df).
P. f. Schmidt, 1995j: 5, unnumbered f. (f).

f metallica Pocock, 1899....................India
P. m. Pocock, 1899a: 93, pl. 7, f. 3 (Df).
P. m. Pocock, 1900c: 129, pl. 12, f. 3 (f).

f miranda Pocock, 1900....................India
P. m. Pocock, 1900a: 190 (Df).

f ornata Pocock, 1899....................Sri Lanka
P. o. Pocock, 1899a: 93 (Df).
P. o. Peters, 2000b: 83, f. 234 (f).

mf pederseni Kirk, 2001....................Sri Lanka
P. p. Kirk, 2001: 77, f. 1-4, 9-22 (Dmf).

mf pococki Charpentier, 1996....................Sri Lanka
P. p. Charpentier, 1996c: 23, f. 1-19 (Dmf).

mf regalis Pocock, 1899....................India
P. r. Pocock, 1899a: 89, pl. 7, f. 1 (Dmf).
P. r. Pocock, 1900c: 127, pl. 12, f. 1 (mf).
Ornithoctonus gadgili Tikader, 1977e: 308, f. 11-15 (Df).
P. r. von Wirth, 1991a: 5, f. 1-2 (f, S).
P. r. Schmidt, 1993d: 130, f. 412-413 (f).
P. r. Peters, 2000b: 84, f. 238 (f).

mf rufilata Pocock, 1899....................India
P. r. Pocock, 1899d: 746 (Dm).
P. r. Pocock, 1900a: 189 (Df).
P. r. Charpentier, 1996a: 16, f. 1a-g, 2a-k (mf).

mf smithi Kirk, 1996....................Sri Lanka
P. s. Kirk, 1996: 24, f. 1-14 (Dmf).
P. s. Peters, 2000b: 86, f. 245-246 (mf).

mf striata Pocock, 1895....................India
P. s. Pocock, 1895a: 172 (Df).
P. vittata Pocock, 1895a: 172 (Dm).
P. s. Kirk, 1996: 22 (Sm).

mf subfusca Pocock, 1895....................Sri Lanka
Scurria fasciata Ausserer, 1871a: 199, pl. 1, f. 8 (m, misidentified).
P. s. Pocock, 1895a: 171 (Dmf).
P. bara Chamberlin, 1917: 71 (Df).
P. s. Kirk, 1996: 21 (S).

m uniformis Strand, 1913....................Sri Lanka
P. u. Strand, 1913d: 115 (Dm).
 

Abraxis

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Thanks Martin for the site... and thanks to all of you for the info... just goes to show... that not EVERYTHING on the internet is accurate... LOTS of conflicting information... but now my feet are firmly planted on the path...

Peace Out

Ken
 

JAG83

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poecilotheria species

Poecilotheria
fasciata - Sri Lanka
formosa - India
hanumavilasumica - India
metallica - India
miranda - India
nallamalaiensis - India
ornata - Sri Lanka
pederseni - Sri Lanka
pococki - Sri Lanka
regalis - India
rufilata - India
smithi - Sri Lanka
striata - India
subfusca - Sri Lanka
tigrinawesseli - India
uniformis - Sri Lanka

Thats all the ones I know of Dude!
 

xhexdx

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Wow...nice resurrection. Only...5 years and change? :wall:
 

jbm150

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Poecilotheria
fasciata - Sri Lanka
formosa - India
hanumavilasumica - India
metallica - India
miranda - India
nallamalaiensis - India
ornata - Sri Lanka
pederseni - Sri Lanka
pococki - Sri Lanka
regalis - India
rufilata - India
smithi - Sri Lanka
striata - India
subfusca - Sri Lanka
tigrinawesseli - India
uniformis - Sri Lanka

Thats all the ones I know of Dude!
Never seen that name before, new?
 
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