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30 March 2020 Revised taxonomic placement of some Mesoamerican Psalmopoeus Pocock, 1895, with description of three new species (Araneae: Theraphosidae)
Ray Gabriel, Danniella Sherwood
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Abstract

Three new species of the genus PsalmopoeusPocock, 1895 are described from Central America: P. copanensissp. nov. from Honduras, P. sandersonisp. nov. from Belize, and P. petenensissp. nov. from Guatemala. The taxonomic placement of other species within the Reduncus Group is addressed: P. intermediusChamberlin, 1940 is redescribed and its type locality discussed, P. reduncus (Karsch, 1880) is redescribed from a lectotype and paralectotype designated herein, P. mayaWitt, 1996 is considered a species inquirenda based on the type series being absent from its stated repository, and additional morphological data for P. victoriMendoza, 2014 is detailed to complement the original description. Furthermore, a morphometric methodology for evaluation of female spermathecae is presented and its use in species delineation discussed.

Ray Gabriel and Danniella Sherwood "Revised taxonomic placement of some Mesoamerican Psalmopoeus Pocock, 1895, with description of three new species (Araneae: Theraphosidae)," Arachnology 18(4), 387-398, (30 March 2020). https://doi.org/10.13156/arac.2020.18.4.387
Published: 30 March 2020
KEYWORDS
Belize
Guatemala
Honduras
morphology
spermathecae
tarantula
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