Taxon details

Family: Theraphosidae / Genus: Psalmopoeus

Psalmopoeus maya Witt, 1996

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2020-03-24
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002369]
  • Distribution: Belize
Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany; presumably lost (holotype m, allotype f [described from exuvia], paratype 1m) (Gabriel & Sherwood, 2020b)
Taxonomic references
Psalmopoeus maya Witt, 1996: 1, f. 1-7 (Dmf).
Psalmopoeus maya Gabriel, 2018: 36 (removed from S. of P. reduncus).
Psalmopoeus maya Gabriel & Sherwood, 2020b: 391 (species inquirenda).
References

Gabriel, R. & Sherwood, D. (2020b). Revised taxonomic placement of some Mesoamerican Psalmopoeus Pocock, 1895, with description of three new species (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology 18(4): 387-398. doi:10.13156/arac.2020.18.4.387 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Gabriel, R. (2018). Some notes and observations on the identity and breeding of Psalmopoeus reduncus (Karsch, 1880) (Araneae: Aviculariinae). Journal of the British Tarantula Society 32(3): 34-40. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Witt, G. (1996). Eine neue Psalmopoeus-Species aus Belize Psalmopoeus maya sp. n. (Araneida: Theraphosidae: Aviculariinae). Arachnologisches Magazin 4(4): 1-14. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2020-03-24 Taxonomic reference added from other taxon n/a (Old value)
2020-03-24 New taxonomic reference entry Gabriel, 2018 n/a
2020-03-24 Taxonomic reference added from other taxon n/a (Old value)
2020-03-24 Species updated Gabriel, 2018 Removed synonymy (Old value)