Psalmopoeus

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Psalmopoeus
Psalmopoeus irminia, 5 month old female
Psalmopoeus irminia, 5 month old female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Theraphosidae
Subfamily: Selenocosmiinae
Genus: Psalmopoeus
Pocock, 1895

Psalmopoeus is a genus of the family Theraphosidae containing various species of tarantulas. The genus is native to Central America and South America including the West Indies.

[edit] List of species

  • Psalmopoeus affinis (Strand, 1907) (West Indies)
  • Psalmopoeus cambridgei (Pocock, 1895) (Trinidad)
  • Psalmopoeus ecclesiasticus (Pocock, 1903) (Ecuador)
  • Psalmopoeus emeraldus Pocock, 1903) (Colombia)
  • Psalmopoeus intermedius (Chamberlin, 1940) (Panama)
  • Psalmopoeus irminia (Saager, 1994) (Venezuela)
  • Psalmopoeus maya (Witt, 1996) (Belize)
  • Psalmopoeus plantaris (Pocock, 1903) (Colombia)
  • Psalmopoeus pulcher (Petrunkevitch, 1925) (Panama)
  • Psalmopoeus reduncus (Karsch, 1880) (Costa Rica)
  • Psalmopoeus rufus (Petrunkevitch, 1925) (Panama)
  • Psalmopoeus langenbucheri (Schmidt, Bullmer & Thierer-Lutz, 2006) (Venezuela)

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