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Poecilotheria metallica Pocock, 1899

India ♀

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Poecilotheria metallica

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Poecilotheria metallica

Taxonomy and History

Scientific Name : Poecilotheria metallica

Described By: Pocock, 1899
Researcher Profile: Reginald Innes Pocock
Genus: Poecilotheria
Common Name: Gooty Ornamental
Original Type Locality: Near Gooty, 257 miles from Madras

- Poecilotheria metallica Pocock, 1899
- Poecilotheria metallica Pocock, 1900

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Poecilotheria metallica

Holotype : ♀ (?), India

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The genus Poecilotheria: its habits, history and species.

Reginald Innes Pocock ,1899

Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 3: 82-96 [p. 93, pl. 7, f. 3].
- Poecilotheria metallica, Poecilotheria formosa, Poecilotheria ornata, Poecilotheria regalis

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