The genus Plesiophrictus is diagnosed and redescribed based on type material and additional specimens. The type species P. millardi (Pocock 1899) is redescribed. The genus Heterophrictus is revalidated, with H. milleti as type species. Heterophrictus differs from Plesiophrictus by the absence of serrula on maxillae and by having a rastellum on the chelicerae and stiff, spike-shaped setae on the prolateral coxae I. The significance of characters used in the taxonomy of both genera is discussed.
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1 December 2011
The genus Plesiophrictus Pocock and revalidation of Heterophrictus Pocock (Araneae: Theraphosidae)
José Paulo Leite Guadanucci
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The Journal of Arachnology
Vol. 39 • No. 3
December 2011
Vol. 39 • No. 3
December 2011
Eumephorinae
India
Ischnocolinae
serrula
spider
taxonomy