Phormictopus

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Phormictopus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Subfamily: Theraphosinae
Genus: Phormictopus
Pocock, 1901
Type species
Mygale cancerides
Latreille, 1806
Species

See text.

Diversity
14 species

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

  • 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.
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