This species is 45% complete

Phormictopus fritzschei Rudloff, 2008

Cuba ♂♀

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Taxonomy and History

Scientific Name : Phormictopus fritzschei

Described By: Rudloff, 2008
Researcher Profile: Jan-Peter Rudloff
Genus: Phormictopus
Original Type Locality: Kuba, Havanna, Marianao

- Phormictopus fritzschei Rudloff, 2008

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Zur Kenntnis der Gattung Phormictopus Pocock, 1901 - einem Faunenelement der Grossen Antillen (Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae)

Jan-Peter Rudloff ,2008
Hitherto the genus Phormictopus POCOCK, 1901 consisted of 14 species and 2 subspecies of which 5 were reported from South America. This article reduces the species number to 12. Five new species are decribed, 4 new synonyms declared, 3 nomina dubia (missing types), and 3 of the former species belong to other genera (now status “incertae sedis”). The distribution of the genus Phormictopus is restricted to the Greater Antilles.
Arthropoda 15(4): 2-51
- Phormictopus bistriatus, Phormictopus cochleasvorax, Phormictopus fritzschei, Phormictopus jonai, Phormictopus schepanskii

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