ZooKeys (Jul 2017)

New species of Southeast Asian Dwarf Tarantula from Thailand: Phlogiellus Pocock, 1897 (Theraphosidae, Selenocosmiinae)

  • Narin Chomphuphuang,
  • Deborah Smith,
  • Sitthipong Wongvilas,
  • Varat Sivayyapram,
  • Chaowalit Songsangchote,
  • Natapot Warrit

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.684.12558
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 684
pp. 57 – 73

Abstract

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A new record of the tarantula genus Phlogiellus Pocock, 1897 from Thailand is described. Distributional data, natural history, morphological characters, and illustrations of male and female are provided. The Thai specimens belong to a new species, Phlogiellus longipalpus sp. n. The diagnosis of the new species and related species are discussed.