Ornithoctonus aureotibialis von Wirth & Striffler, 2005

Described by Volker von Wirth, Boris F Striffler

Common name: Thailand Golden Fringe

♀ Female described ♂ Male described

Female

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Bibliography

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