Ornithoctonus aureotibialis von Wirth & Striffler, 2005

Described by Volker von Wirth, Boris F Striffler

Common name: Thailand Golden Fringe

♀ Female described ♂ Male described
Female Female

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Original Description

von Wirth, V. & Striffler, B. F. (2005). Neue Erkenntnisse zur Vogelspinnen -- Unterfamilie Ornithoctoninae, mit Beschreibung von Ornithoctonus aureotibialis sp. n. und Haplopelma longipes sp. n. (Araneae, Theraphosidae). Arthropoda 13(2): 2-27.

Distribution

Thailand

Etymology

Latin. of aureus, "golden" and tibia "tibia". Because of the characteristic gold - orange coloured line of hair on the outside of the patellae, and especially the tibiae of the forelegs in subadult and adult females and subadult males.

Synonyms

Haplopelma chrysothrix

Genitalia

Spermathecae

Taxonomic History

  1. 2005
    Haplopelma chrysothrix Schmidt & Samm, 2005

Bibliography (1)

von Wirth, V. & Striffler, B. F. (2005). Neue Erkenntnisse zur Vogelspinnen -- Unterfamilie Ornithoctoninae, mit Beschreibung von Ornithoctonus aureotibialis sp. n. und Haplopelma longipes sp. n. (Araneae, Theraphosidae). Arthropoda 13(2): 2-27.
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