Poecilotheria regalis Pocock, 1899

Common name: Indian Ornamental

♀ Female described ♂ Male 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: Arkonam in the north Arcot District of the Madras

Adult Male Activity

Collection months of 6 adult male specimen records, against the rainfall where they live

Dry seasonWet season13232°24°JFMAMJJASOND30292mm0
Adult males collected

Of 6 adult males, 5 of 6 (83%) fall in the six wettest months, and 4 of 6 (67%) in the six warmest. Collections peak in August.

Mean monthly rainfall and temperature 2001–2020 near the type locality. MERRA-2 via NASA POWER, for a grid cell averaging 73 m. Wet and dry seasons, from the rainfall at the locality itself.

Specimen Records (26)

? ♀ Type India

Bandipur Forest, Karnataka, India

May 1975 · col. Madhav Gadgil

? ♀ Type India

Arkonam in the north Arcot District of the Madras

col. H. R. P. Carter

? ♀ Type India

Dahanee in the Tana district, North Konkan

col. A. G. Edie

? ♀ India

Puttapathi

July 1997 · col. Ganesh Kumar

Teak plantation

? juvenile India

Siruvani

September 2000 · col. Ganesh Kumar

Teak plantation

? ♂ India

Moongilpallam, Anaikatti

2000 · col. Madhusudan & Narendran

Tree buttress

? ♂ India

Nandyal-Giddalur Road

September 2001

Degraded and extensively lopped DDF

ERM/SPI/29A ♂ India

Thummalabailu

August 2002 · col. Siva Rama Krishna and S.M.M. Javed

ERM/SPI/29B ♂ India

tea shop, Shikharam

September 2002 · col. Siva Rama Krishna and S.M.M. Javed

? ♂ India

Masinagudi

June 2002 · col. Subramanyam

DDF with teak plantation

? India

Theppakadu

October 2002 · col. Subramanyam

DDF with teak plantation

? ♀ India

Amba Valley

October 2002 · col. Sanjay Thakur

DDF with teak plantation

ERM/SPI/29C ♂ India

Shikharam Temple, Shikharam

August 2003 · col. Thulsi Rao and team

? ♀ India

Paldhara Panchdhara

June 2003 · col. C. Srinivasulu

2 Females, 9 Juveniles

? ♂ India

Moongilpallam, Anaikatti

August 2003 · col. S. Bhupathy

DDF with teak plantation

? ♀ India

Turanmal

September 2003 · col. Sanjay Thakur

DDF with teak plantation

? ♀ India

Avinashi

March 2012 · col. Ganesh Kumar

Banana plantation

? ♂ India

Koorg

col. Mr. Macgilligan

? ♀ India

Nilgiri Hills

col. E. W. Oates

? India

Biarapur Cheruvu

Exuvia

? India

Sunnipenta, District Kurnool (Srisailam Plateau)

Exuvia

? India

Shencottah in Travancore

? India

Madanapalle

? ♂ India

Bangalore

? ♀ India

Annamalai Hills

? India

Mysore

Taxonomic History

  1. 1899
    Poecilotheria regalis Pocock, 1899

Bibliography (1)

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].
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