Biology:Plesiophrictus
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Short description: Genus of spiders
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Scientific classification 
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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] |
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Plesiophrictus is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1899.[3]
Species
(As of May 2020) it contains eight species, found in Sri Lanka, India , and Micronesia:[1]
- Plesiophrictus fabrei (Simon, 1892) – India
- Plesiophrictus linteatus (Simon, 1891) – India
- Plesiophrictus meghalayaensis Tikader, 1977 – India
- Plesiophrictus millardi Pocock, 1899 (type) – India
- Plesiophrictus nilagiriensis Siliwal, Molur & Raven, 2007 – India
- Plesiophrictus senffti (Strand, 1907) – Micronesia
- Plesiophrictus sericeus Pocock, 1900 – India
- Plesiophrictus tenuipes Pocock, 1899 – Sri Lanka
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
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gen. Plesiophrictus Pocock, 1899. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3412. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
- ↑ Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 182: 155.
- ↑ Pocock, R. I. (1899). "Diagnoses of some new Indian Arachnida". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 12: 744–753.
Wikidata ☰ Q2598811 entry
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