''Plesiophrictus tenuipes'', is a species of
spider
Spiders ( order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species ...
of the genus ''
Plesiophrictus
''Plesiophrictus'' is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1899.
Species
it contains eight species, found in Sri Lanka, India, and Micronesia:
*'' Plesiophrictus fabrei'' (Simon, 1892) – India
*'' Plesioph ...
''. It is endemic to
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
.
See also
*
List of Theraphosidae species
This page lists all described genera and species of the spider family Theraphosidae. , the World Spider Catalog accepts 1041 species in 156 genera:
A ''Acanthopelma''
'' Acanthopelma'' F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897
* '' Acanthopelma beccarii'' ...
References
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A new species of the genus Plesiophrictus (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Ischnocolinae) from Western Ghats, India
Theraphosidae
Endemic fauna of Sri Lanka
Spiders of Asia
Spiders described in 1899
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