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Psalmopoeus victori Mendoza, 2014

Mexico ♂♀

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Psalmopoeus victori

Photo by Jorge Ivan Mendoza Marroquín

Psalmopoeus victori

Photo by Jorge Ivan Mendoza Marroquín

Psalmopoeus victori

Photo by Jorge Ivan Mendoza Marroquín

Taxonomy and History

Scientific Name : Psalmopoeus victori

Described By: Mendoza, 2014
Researcher Profile: Jorge Ivan Mendoza Marroquín
Genus: Psalmopoeus
Etymology: the specific name is a patronym in honor of Víctor H. Jiménez Arcos, a Mexican herpetologist who saw and collected the first specimen of the species.
Original Type Locality: Mexico: Veracruz, Mpio. San Andrés Tuxtla

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Psalmopoeus victori

Holotype : ♂ (CNAN-T0086), Mexico

Paratype : ♂ (CNAN-T0806), Mexico

Paratype : ♀ (CNAN-T0087), Mexico

Paratype : ♀ (CNAN-T0088), Mexico

Paratype : (OUMNH-2011-087), Mexico

j (CNAN-Ar003569), Mexico

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Psalmopoeus victori, the first arboreal theraphosid spider described for Mexico (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Aviculariinae)

Jorge Ivan Mendoza Marroquín ,2014
A new species of tarantula, Psalmopoeus victori sp. nov. (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Aviculariinae) is described from Veracruz, Mexico. It is the first arboreal species described in Mexico and represents the most northerly known distribution for the genus Psalmopoeus. A detailed description of the lyra is presented.
Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 85: 728-735
- Psalmopoeus victori

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