This species is 36% complete

Xenesthis monstrosa Pocock, 1903

Colombia ♀

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Taxonomy and History

Scientific Name : Xenesthis monstrosa

Described By: Pocock, 1903
Researcher Profile: Reginald Innes Pocock
Genus: Xenesthis
Common Name: Columbian Black
Original Type Locality: New Granada

- Xenesthis monstrosus Pocock, 1903
- Xenesthis monstrosa Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1979

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On some genera and species of South American Aviculariidae.

Reginald Innes Pocock ,1903

Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 11: 81-115.
- Acanthoscurria antillensis, Cyrtopholis agilis, Psalmopoeus plantaris, Psalmopoeus emeraldus, Psalmopoeus ecclesiasticus, Pseudhapalopus velox, Pseudhapalopus trinitatis, Homoeomma pictum, Grammostola actaeon, Cyrtopholis femoralis, Brachypelma albiceps, Avicularia minatrix, Euathlus parvulus, Acanthoscurria tarda, Acanthoscurria suina, Acanthoscurria sternalis, Pamphobeteus ornatus, Pamphobeteus insignis, Pamphobeteus antinous, Grammostola alticeps, Xenesthis monstrosa

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