Phormictopus

Phormictopus is a genus of theraphosid spiders that occurs in the West Indies mainly Cuba.

Species

• Phormictopus atrichomatus Schmidt, 1991 — Hispanola/Dominican Republic, Honduras (dubious location, but type locality described by Schmidt 1991)
• Phormictopus auratus Ortiz & Bertani, 2005 — Cuba
• Phormictopus bistriatus Rudloff, 2008 — Cuba
• Phormictopus cancerides (Latreille, 1806) — Hispanola
• Phormictopus cautus (Ausserer, 1875) — Cuba
• Phormictopus cochleasvorax Rudloff, 2008 — Cuba
• Phormictopus cubensis Chamberlin, 1917 — Cuba
• Phormictopus fritzschei Rudloff, 2008 — Cuba
• Phormictopus jonai Rudloff, 2008 — Cuba
• Phormictopus meloderma Chamberlin, 1917 — Hispanola
• Phormictopus platus Chamberlin, 1917 — USA (dubious), ? Hispnaola
• Phormictopus schepanskii Rudloff, 2008 — Cuba

Likely misplaced species Theraphosinae incertae sedis (cf Acanthoscurria), see Rudloff 2008.

• Phormictopus australis Mello-Leitão, 1941 — Argentina
• Phormictopus brasiliensis Strand, 1907 — Brazil
• Phormictopus ribeiroi Mello-Leitão, 1923 — Brazil

Further Reading

• Platnick, Norman I. (2000-2011): The world spider catalog, version 11.5. American Museum of Natural History.

• Rudloff, J.P. (2008): Zur kenntnis der gattung Phormictopus Pocock 1901 - einem faunenelement der großen Antillen) Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae). Arthropoda. 15(4):2-51.

• Rudloff, J.P. (2004): Terraristischer steckbrief der vogelspinnengattung Phormictopus (Pocock 1901). Arthropoda. 12(4):17-22.