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Plesiophrictus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Arachnida

Family
  
Theraphosidae

Rank
  
Genus

Subphylum
  
Chelicerata

Infraorder
  
Mygalomorphae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Spider

Similar
  
Phoneyusa, Ischnocolus, Thrigmopoeus, Ischnocolinae

Plesiophrictus is a genus of tarantulas in the family Theraphosidae, containing seven species restricted to South Asia and single species from Micronesia.

Species

As of May 2016, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:

  • Plesiophrictus fabrei (Simon, 1892) – India
  • Plesiophrictus linteatus (Simon, 1891) – India
  • Plesiophrictus meghalayaensis Tikader, 1977 – India
  • Plesiophrictus millardi Pocock, 1899 (type species – India
  • Plesiophrictus nilagiriensis Siliwal, Molur & Raven, 2007 – India
  • Plesiophrictus senffti (Strand, 1907) – Micronesia
  • Plesiophrictus sericeus Pocock, 1900 – India
  • Plesiophrictus tenuipes Pocock, 1899 – Sri Lanka

    • References

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