Type Locality : Sai Thong Watthana district, Kamphaeng Phet province
Etymology : The specific name refers to the Latin longus (“long”), which describes both male pedipalp and female spermatheca, and palpus (“palm of the hand” or “feeler”).
A new record of the tarantula genus Phlogiellus Pocock, 1897 from Thailand is described. Distributional
data, natural history, morphological characters, and illustrations of male and female are provided. The
Thai specimens belong to a new species, Phlogiellus longipalpus sp. n. The diagnosis of the new species and
related species are discussed.
