Poecilotheria ornata Pocock, 1899

Sri Lanka ♀

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Poecilotheria ornata

Poecilotheria ornata

Poecilotheria ornata

Taxonomy and History

Scientific Name : Poecilotheria ornata

Described By: Pocock, 1899
Researcher Profile: Reginald Innes Pocock
Genus: Poecilotheria
Common Name: Fringed Ornamental
Original Type Locality: Ratnapura, S Ceylon

- Poecilotheria ornata Pocock, 1899
- Poecilotheria ornata Peters, 2000
- Poecilotheria ornata Schmidt, 2003

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Poecilotheria ornata

Holotype : ♀ (?), Sri Lanka

Adult Male Activity

The genus Poecilotheria: its habits, history and species.

Reginald Innes Pocock ,1899

Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 3: 82-96 [p. 93, pl. 7, f. 3].
- Poecilotheria metallica, Poecilotheria formosa, Poecilotheria ornata, Poecilotheria regalis

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Poecilotheria ornata

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Poecilotheria ornata

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