Poecilotheria formosa Pocock, 1899

Common name: Salem Ornamental

♀ Female described

Female

Female

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Original Description

Pocock, R. I. (1899). The genus Poecilotheria: its habits, history and species. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 3: 82-96 [p. 93, pl. 7, f. 3].

Distribution

India

Type Locality: Kadiampatti and Mullapuram in the Salem District Sheveroy Hills

Synonyms

Poecilotheria nallamalaiensis

Specimen Records (2)

BMNH 1998-10-10-1-2 ♀ Type India

Kadiampatti

col. H.R.P. Carter

BMNH 1898-1031-1-4 ♀ Type India

Mullapuram

col. H.R.P. Carter

Taxonomic History

1899
Poecilotheria formosa Pocock, 1899

Bibliography (2)

Pocock, R. I. (1899). The genus Poecilotheria: its habits, history and species. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 3: 82-96 [p. 93, pl. 7, f. 3].

Sherwood, D. & Caleb, J. T. D. (2024). On ten unavailable and thirty-four dubious names for spiders (Araneae) from India. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 44: 113-118.