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.
- Avicularia minatrix, Grammostola actaeon, Psalmopoeus plantaris, Psalmopoeus emeraldus, Psalmopoeus ecclesiasticus, Cymbiapophysa velox, Spinosatibiapalpus trinitatis, Homoeomma pictum, Cyrtopholis femoralis, Grammostola alticeps, Cyrtopholis agilis, Brachypelma albiceps, Euathlus parvulus, Acanthoscurria tarda, Pamphobeteus ornatus, Pamphobeteus insignis, Pamphobeteus antinous, Xenesthis monstrosa

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