Poecilotheria striata Pocock, 1895

Common name: Mysore Ornamental

♀ Female described ♂ Male described

Female

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Original Description

Pocock, R. I. (1895). On a new and natural grouping of some of the Oriental genera of Mygalomorphae, with descriptions of new genera and species. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 15: 165-184.

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Distribution

India

Type Locality: Pinang

Adult Male Activity

Collection months of 2 adult male specimen records, against the rainfall where they live

Adult males collected

Mean monthly rainfall and temperature 2001–2020 near the type locality, Pinang. MERRA-2 via NASA POWER, for a grid cell averaging 712 m. Wet and dry seasons, from the rainfall at the locality itself.

Specimen Records (12)

WILD-10-ARA-632 ♀ India

Kulgi, Dandeli WS, Uttara Kannada, Karnataka, India

February 2010 · col. M. Siliwal, N. Gupta and Ramesh

517m

WILD-10-ARA-647 juvenile India

Kulgi, Dandeli WS, Uttara Kannada, Karnataka, India

March 2010 · col. M. Siliwal, N. Gupta and Ramesh

517m

WILD-10-ARA-1062 ♂ India

Kulgi, Dandeli WS, Uttara Kannada, Karnataka, India

May 2010 · col. Suraj Chauhan and Ramesh

509m

WILD-10-ARA-571 ♂ India

Janta Colony, near Dandeli, Uttara Kannada, Karnataka

January 2010 · col. Saroj Behera

452m

WILD-10-ARA-553 juvenile India

Janta Colony, near Dandeli, Uttara Kannada, Karnataka

January 2010 · col. Saroj Behera

452m

WILD-10-ARA-560 juvenile India

Janta Colony, near Dandeli, Uttara Kannada, Karnataka

January 2010 · col. Saroj Behera

452m

WILD-10-ARA-561 juvenile India

Janta Colony, near Dandeli, Uttara Kannada, Karnataka

January 2010 · col. Saroj Behera

452m

WILD-10-ARA-624 juvenile India

Ulvi Road, Potoli, Dandeli WS, Uttara Kannada, Karnataka

February 2010 · col. M. Siliwal, N. Gupta and Ramesh

577m

WILD-10-ARA-390 juvenile India

Naghzari, Kulgi, Dandeli WS, Uttara Kannada, Karnataka

March 2010 · col. M. Siliwal, N. Gupta, Ramesh and S. Chauhan

468m

WILD-10-ARA-732 juvenile India

Diggi, Uttara Kannada, Karnataka

March 2010 · col. M. Siliwal, N. Gupta, Ramesh and S. Chauhan

587m

BMNH ♀ India

Mysore

col. Ferguson

BMNH ♀ India

Trivandrum in Travancore

col. Ferguson

Taxonomic History

1895
Poecilotheria striata Pocock, 1895

Bibliography (1)

Pocock, R. I. (1895). On a new and natural grouping of some of the Oriental genera of Mygalomorphae, with descriptions of new genera and species. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 15: 165-184.

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