Plesiophrictus

Plesiophrictus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Theraphosidae
Genus:	Plesiophrictus Pocock, 1899[1]
Type species
P. millardi Pocock, 1899
Species
8, see text
Synonyms[1]
Ischnocolella Strand, 1907[2]

Plesiophrictus is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1899.[3]

Species

As of May 2020^[update] 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

• List of Theraphosidae species

References

1. "Gen. Plesiophrictus Pocock, 1899". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
2. Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 155.
3. Pocock, R. I. (1899). "Diagnoses of some new Indian Arachnida". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 12: 744–753.