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Poecilotheria vittata Pocock, 1895

India, Sri Lanka ♂♀

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Poecilotheria vittata

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Taxonomy and History

Scientific Name : Poecilotheria vittata

Described By: Pocock, 1895
Researcher Profile: Reginald Innes Pocock
Genus: Poecilotheria
Original Type Locality: S. India

- Poecilotheria vittata Pocock, 1895
- Poecilotheria pederseni Kirk, 2001
- Poecilotheria pederseni Peters, 2005
- Poecilotheria vittata Gabriel, Gallon & Smith, 2013

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On a new and natural grouping of some of the Oriental genera of Mygalomorphae, with descriptions of new genera and species.

Reginald Innes Pocock ,1895

Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 15: 165-184.
- Citharognathus hosei, Poecilotheria vittata, Poecilotheria striata, Poecilotheria subfusca, Chilobrachys andersoni, Chilobrachys bicolor, Chilobrachys fumosus, Chilobrachys hardwicki, Coremiocnemis valida, Phormingochilus everetti, Lyrognathus crotalus, Psalmopoeus cambridgei, Selenotypus plumipes

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