This species is 45% complete

Phormictopus cubensis Chamberlin, 1917

Cuba ♂♀

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Taxonomy and History

Scientific Name : Phormictopus cubensis

Described By: Chamberlin, 1917
Researcher Profile: Ralph Vary Chamberlin
Genus: Phormictopus
Common Name: Cuban Brown Birdeater, Cuban brown
Original Type Locality: Cuba : Near Havana

- Phormictopus cubensis Chamberlin, 1917
- Acanthoscurria dubia Chamberlin, 1917
- Phormictopus dubius Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1964
- Phormictopus meloderma Piepho, 2001
- Phormictopus cubensis Bertani, 2001
- Phormictopus meloderma Schmidt, 2001
- Phormictopus meloderma Schmidt, 2002
- Phormictopus cubensis Peters, 2003
- Phormictopus piephoi Peters, 2003
- Phormictopus piephoi Schmidt, 2003
- Phormictopus piephoi Schmidt, 2003
- Phormictopus piephoi Peters, 2005
- Phormictopus cubensis Rudloff, 2008

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Adult Male Activity

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]
- Melognathus dromeus, Acanthoscurria natalensis, Aphonopelma hesperum, Aphonopelma latens, Cyrtopholis annectans, Cyrtopholis media, Cyrtopholis portoricae, Grammostola chalcothrix, Homoeomma brasilianum, Lasiodora differens, Lasiodora curtior, Phormictopus cubensis, Phormictopus meloderma, Phormictopus platus, Selenocosmia kulluensis

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