Peter J. Kirk

Publishing 1990–2019

5 papers 5 species 3 genera 2 countries

Publication activity

1990 2019

New taxa described

1990 2019

Described Taxa Distribution

Poecilotheria 3 Avicularia 1 Chilobrachys 1

5 type localities across 3 genera

Frequent collaborators (7)

Ranil P. Nanayakkara 3G.A.S.M Ganehiarachchi 2Nilantha Vishvanath 2T.G. Tharaka Kusuminda 2Amila Prasanna Sumanapala 1Mathisa K. Karunaratne 1Salindra K. Dayananda 1

Papers (5)

Nanayakkara, R. P., Sumanapala, A. P. & Kirk, P. J. (2019). Another from Sri Lanka, after 126 years; Chilobrachys jonitriantisvansicklei sp. nov. (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from a fragmented forest patch in the wet zone of Sri Lanka. Journal of the British Tarantula Society 34(2): 25-36.

Nanayakkara, R. P., Ganehiarachchi, G., Kusuminda, T. T., Vishvanath, N., Karunaratne, M. K. & Kirk, P. J. (2019). A new species of Tiger spider in the genus Poecilotheria Pocock, 1899 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from Belihuloya, Sri Lanka. Journal of the British Tarantula Society 34(3, 2019).

Nanayakkara, R. P., Kirk, P. J., Dayananda, S. K., Ganehiarachchi, G., Vishvanath, N. & Kusuminda, T. T. (2012). A new species of tiger spider, genus Poecilotheria, from northern Sri Lanka. Journal of the British Tarantula Society 28(1): 6-15.

Kirk, P. J. (1996). A new species of Poecilotheria (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from Sri Lanka. Journal of the British Tarantula Society 12(1): 20-30.

Kirk, P. J. (1990). Avicularia purpurea, a new species of theraphosid spider from Ecuador. Journal of the British Tarantula Society 6(1): 15-19.

Species Described (5)

Avicularia purpureaChilobrachys jonitriantisvansickleae Poecilotheria rajaeiPoecilotheria smithiPoecilotheria srilankensis