Psalmopoeus

Taxobox
name = "Psalmopoeus"

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Psalmopoeus irminia", 5 month old female
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
familia = "Theraphosidae"
subfamilia = "Selenocosmiinae"
genus = "Psalmopoeus"
genus_authority = Pocock, 1895

Psalmopoeus is a genus of the family "Theraphosidae" containing various species of tarantulas. The genus is native to Central America and South America including the West Indies.

List of species

* "Psalmopoeus affinis" (Strand, 1907) (West Indies)
* "Psalmopoeus cambridgei " (Pocock, 1895) (Trinidad)
* "Psalmopoeus ecclesiasticus" (Pocock, 1903) (Ecuador)
* "Psalmopoeus emeraldus" Pocock, 1903) (Colombia)
* "Psalmopoeus intermedius" (Chamberlin, 1940) (Panama)
* "Psalmopoeus irminia" (Saager, 1994) (Venezuela)
* "Psalmopoeus maya" (Witt, 1996) (Belize)
* "Psalmopoeus plantaris" (Pocock, 1903) (Colombia)
* "Psalmopoeus pulcher" (Petrunkevitch, 1925) (Panama)
* "Psalmopoeus reduncus" (Karsch, 1880) (Costa Rica)
* "Psalmopoeus rufus" (Petrunkevitch, 1925) (Panama)
* "Psalmopoeus langenbucheri" (Schmidt, Bullmer & Thierer-Lutz, 2006) (Venezuela)

External links

* [http://giantspiders.com/ Giant Spiders]