Psednocnemis

Psednocnemis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Theraphosidae
Subfamily:	Selenocosmiinae
Genus:	Psednocnemis West, Nunn & Hogg, 2012[1]
Type species
P. davidgohi West, Nunn & Hogg, 2012
Species
5, see text

Psednocnemis is a genus of Southeast Asian tarantulas that was first described by R. C. West, S. C. Nunn & Henry Roughton Hogg in 2012.[2]

Species

As of May 2020^[update] it contains five species, found in Indonesia and Malaysia:[1]

• Psednocnemis brachyramosa (West & Nunn, 2010) – Malaysia
• Psednocnemis davidgohi West, Nunn & Hogg, 2012 (type) – Malaysia
• Psednocnemis gnathospina (West & Nunn, 2010) – Malaysia
• Psednocnemis imbellis (Simon, 1891) – Borneo
• Psednocnemis jeremyhuffi (West & Nunn, 2010) – Malaysia

See also

• List of Theraphosidae species

References

1. "Gen. Psednocnemis West, Nunn & Hogg, 2012". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
2. West, R. C.; Nunn, S. C.; Hogg, S. (2012). "A new tarantula genus, Psednocnemis, from west Malaysia (Araneae: Theraphosidae), with cladistic analysis and biogeography of Selenocosmiinae Simon 1889". Zootaxa. 3299: 1–43. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3299.1.1.