Revised Taxonomic Placement of Poecilotheria chaojii Mirza, Sanap & Bhosale, 2014 (Araneae: Theraphosidae)

Sherwood, D. (2019). Arachnology 18(1): 19-21.

Original paper DOI: 10.13156/arac.2018.18.1.19

Author

Danniella Sherwood Danniella Sherwood

Abstract

Poecilotheria chaojii Mirza, Sanap & Bhosale, 2014 is proposed as a junior synonym of Poecilotheria tigrinawesseliSmith, 2006 n. syn., based on morphology and distribution. The variability of morphological features given by Mirza, Sanap & Bhosale (2014) is discussed.