''Phlogiellus'' is a

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tarantulas Tarantulas comprise a group of large and often hairy spiders of the family Theraphosidae. , 1,040 species have been identified, with 156 genera. The term "tarantula" is usually used to describe members of the family Theraphosidae, although m ...

that was first described by

Reginald Innes Pocock Reginald Innes Pocock F.R.S. (4 March 1863 – 9 August 1947) was a British zoologist. Pocock was born in Clifton, Bristol, the fourth son of Rev. Nicholas Pocock and Edith Prichard. He began showing interest in natural history at St. Edward ...

in 1897. They are found throughout Asia and Papua New Guinea, including

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, the

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, the

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and

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. ''Phlogiellus'' is part

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and part Greek, the first part being "φλóξ φλoγóϛ", meaning flame, the second part being "ellus" which is a latin diminutive suffix.

Diagnosis

The can be distinguished thanks to the

scopulae Scopulae, or scopula pads, are dense tufts of hair at the end of a spiders's legs. They are found mostly on hunting spiders, especially Lycosidae and Salticidae. Scopulae consist of microscopic hairs, known as setae, which are each covered in even ...

on tarsi 1 and 4, which were divided. There is also a

stridulating Stridulation is the act of producing sound by rubbing together certain body parts. This behavior is mostly associated with insects, but other animals are known to do this as well, such as a number of species of fish, snakes and spiders. The mech ...

organ present but reduced. They also own thin and elongated

chelicerate The subphylum Chelicerata (from New Latin, , ) constitutes one of the major subdivisions of the phylum Arthropoda. It contains the sea spiders, horseshoe crabs, and arachnids (including harvestmen, scorpions, spiders, solifuges, ticks, and mite ...

strikers, which are pallid in color. Their size is also smaller than most other

Species

it contains twenty-six species and one subspecies, found in Asia, on the

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Phlogiellus aper ''Phlogiellus'' is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1897. They are found throughout Asia and Papua New Guinea, including Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, China, Myanmar, Malaysia, Borneo, Thai ...

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) *'' Phlogiellus atriceps'' Pocock, 1897 (

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Phlogiellus baeri ''Phlogiellus'' is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1897. They are found throughout Asia and Papua New Guinea, including Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, China, Myanmar, Malaysia, Borneo, Thai ...

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Phlogiellus bicolor ''Phlogiellus'' is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1897. They are found throughout Asia and Papua New Guinea, including Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, China, Myanmar, Malaysia, Borneo, Thai ...

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Phlogiellus bogadeki ''Phlogiellus'' is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1897. They are found throughout Asia and Papua New Guinea, including Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, China, Myanmar, Malaysia, Borneo, Thai ...

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) *'' Phlogiellus brevipes'' ( Thorell, 1897) –

*'' Phlogiellus bundokalbo'' (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) – Philippines *'' Phlogiellus daweiensis'' Sivayyapram & Warrit, 2020 - Myanmar *'' Phlogiellus inermis'' ( Ausserer, 1871) – Malaysia to Indonesia ( Lombok) *'' Phlogiellus insulanus'' (Hirst, 1909) – Indonesia (

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) **'' Phlogiellus i. borneoensis'' (

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*'' Phlogiellus insularis'' (Simon, 1877) – Philippines *'' Phlogiellus jiaxiangi'' Lin & Li, 2021 - China *'' Phlogiellus johnreylazoi'' Nunn, West & von Wirth, 2016 – Philippines (Palawan Is.) *'' Phlogiellus longipalpus'' Chomphuphuang, Smith, Wongvilas, Sivayyapram, Songsangchote & Warrit, 2017 –

*'' Phlogiellus moniqueverdezae'' Nunn, West & von Wirth, 2016 – Thailand *'' Phlogiellus mutus'' (Giltay, 1935) – Philippines *'' Phlogiellus nebulosus'' (Rainbow, 1899) – Solomon Is. *''

Phlogiellus obscurus ''Phlogiellus'' is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1897. They are found throughout Asia and Papua New Guinea, including Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, China, Myanmar, Malaysia, Borneo, Thai ...

'' (Hirst, 1909) –

(Borneo) *'' Phlogiellus ornatus'' (Thorell, 1897) – Myanmar *''

Phlogiellus orophilus ''Phlogiellus'' is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1897. They are found throughout Asia and Papua New Guinea, including Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, China, Myanmar, Malaysia, Borneo, Thai ...

'' (Thorell, 1897) – Myanmar *'' Phlogiellus pelidnus'' Nunn, West & von Wirth, 2016 – Malaysia (Borneo) *'' Phlogiellus quanyui'' Lin, Li & Chen, 2021 - China (

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) *'' Phlogiellus raveni'' Sivayyapram & Warrit, 2020 - Philippines (

Cebu Cebu (; ceb, Sugbo), officially the Province of Cebu ( ceb, Lalawigan sa Sugbo; tl, Lalawigan ng Cebu; hil, Kapuroan sang Sugbo), is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region, and consists of a main island and 167 ...

) *'' Phlogiellus subinermis'' (Giltay, 1934) –

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*'' Phlogiellus watasei'' ( Kishida, 1920) –

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Phlogiellus xinping ''Phlogiellus xingping'' is a small species of terrestrial tarantula in the genus ''Phlogiellus ''Phlogiellus'' is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1897. They are found throughout Asia and Papua New Gu ...

'' (Zhu & Zhang, 2008) – China Formerly included: * ''Phlogiellus kwebaburdeos'' Barrion-Dupo, Barrion & Rasalan, 2015 → '' Orphnaecus kwebaburdeos'' *''Phlogiellus lucubrans'' (L. Koch, 1874) → ''

Selenocosmia crassipes ''Selenocosmia crassipes'', synonym ''Phlogius crassipes'', also known as the "Queensland whistling tarantula", "barking spider" or "bird-eating tarantula" is a species of tarantula native to the east coast of Queensland, Australia. The name "whi ...

'' *''Phlogiellus subarmatus'' (Thorell, 1891) → '' Chilobrachys subarmatus''

References

Theraphosidae genera Spiders of Asia Taxa named by R. I. Pocock Theraphosidae {{Theraphosidae-stub

Diagnosis

Species

See also

References