New spiders of the family Aviculariidae

Ralph Vary Chamberlin , 1917

Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard 61: 25-75 [p. 70, pl. 5, f. 4-7]

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Ralph Vary Chamberlin

Species mentioned

Melognathus dromeus Chamberlin, 1917

Philippines ♂

Acanthoscurria natalensis Chamberlin, 1917

Brazil

Aphonopelma hesperum (Chamberlin, 1917)

Mexico

Aphonopelma latens (Chamberlin, 1917)

El Polvón, Nicaragua

Brachypelma aureoceps (Chamberlin, 1917)

USA (probably introduced)

Cyrtopholis annectans Chamberlin, 1917

Barbados ♂♀

Cyrtopholis media Chamberlin, 1917

Saint Kitts ♂♀

Cyrtopholis portoricae Chamberlin, 1917

Puerto Rico ♂♀

Grammostola chalcothrix Chamberlin, 1917

Argentina ♂♀

Homoeomma brasilianum (Chamberlin, 1917)

Brazil ♂

Lasiodora differens Chamberlin, 1917

Brazil ♂♀

Lasiodora curtior Chamberlin, 1917

Brazil ♂♀

Phormictopus cubensis Chamberlin, 1917

Cuba ♂♀

Phormictopus meloderma Chamberlin, 1917

Hispanola ♀

Phormictopus platus Chamberlin, 1917

USA (dubious), ? Hispnaola

Selenocosmia kulluensis Chamberlin, 1917

India ♂

New spiders of the family Aviculariidae

About the Author

Ralph Vary Chamberlin

Species mentioned

Melognathus dromeus Chamberlin, 1917

Acanthoscurria natalensis Chamberlin, 1917

Aphonopelma hesperum (Chamberlin, 1917)

Aphonopelma latens (Chamberlin, 1917)

Brachypelma aureoceps (Chamberlin, 1917)

Cyrtopholis annectans Chamberlin, 1917

Cyrtopholis media Chamberlin, 1917

Cyrtopholis portoricae Chamberlin, 1917

Grammostola chalcothrix Chamberlin, 1917

Homoeomma brasilianum (Chamberlin, 1917)

Lasiodora differens Chamberlin, 1917

Lasiodora curtior Chamberlin, 1917

Phormictopus cubensis Chamberlin, 1917

Phormictopus meloderma Chamberlin, 1917

Phormictopus platus Chamberlin, 1917

Selenocosmia kulluensis Chamberlin, 1917

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