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Psalmopoeus sandersoni Gabriel & Sherwood, 2020

Undescribed ♂ Male described

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Bibliography

Cifuentes, Y. & Bertani, R. (2022). Taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of the tarantula genera Tapinauchenius Ausserer, 1871, Psalmopoeus Pocock, 1985, and Amazonius n. gen. (Theraphosidae, Psalmopoeinae). Zootaxa 5101(1): 1-123.
Peñaherrera-R., P. J., León-E, R. J., Guerrero-Campoverde, A., Falcón-Reibán, J. M., Fajardo-Torres, J. D., Picón-Rentería, P., Gabriel, R., Sherwood, D. & Cisneros-Heredia, D. F. (2025). Novel insights on Psalmopoeinae Samm & Schmidt, 2010 (Araneae: Theraphosidae): new species, taxonomic restorations, and reversal of four erroneous synonymies. Arachnology 20 (3): 491-508.

Distribution

Belize

Type Locality: British Honduras

Etymology

The species epithet is a patronym in honour of biologist and cryptozoologist Ivan T. Sanderson (1911– 1973) who collected the holotype specimen.

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