A new synonym in the subfamily Thrigmopoeinae Pocock, 1900 (Araneae, Theraphosidae)

Abstract. As the species Haploclastus devamatha Prasanth & Jose, 2014 is indistinguishable from Thrigmopoeus psychedelicus Sanap & Mirza, 2014, the latter is herein considered junior synonym of the former. Occurrence of polychromatism in H. devamatha is noted, and two distinct colour morphs...

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Autores principales: Sankaran, Pradeep M., Sebastian, Pothalil A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2018
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5904394/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29674921
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.749.23414
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description Abstract. As the species Haploclastus devamatha Prasanth & Jose, 2014 is indistinguishable from Thrigmopoeus psychedelicus Sanap & Mirza, 2014, the latter is herein considered junior synonym of the former. Occurrence of polychromatism in H. devamatha is noted, and two distinct colour morphs of the species are recognised, a pink form and a blue form. The natural history and conservation of the species are discussed and its known distribution is updated.
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spelling pubmed-59043942018-04-19 A new synonym in the subfamily Thrigmopoeinae Pocock, 1900 (Araneae, Theraphosidae) Sankaran, Pradeep M. Sebastian, Pothalil A. Zookeys Short Communication Abstract. As the species Haploclastus devamatha Prasanth & Jose, 2014 is indistinguishable from Thrigmopoeus psychedelicus Sanap & Mirza, 2014, the latter is herein considered junior synonym of the former. Occurrence of polychromatism in H. devamatha is noted, and two distinct colour morphs of the species are recognised, a pink form and a blue form. The natural history and conservation of the species are discussed and its known distribution is updated. Pensoft Publishers 2018-04-10 /pmc/articles/PMC5904394/ /pubmed/29674921 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.749.23414 Text en Pradeep M. Sankaran, Pothalil A. Sebastian http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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A new synonym in the subfamily Thrigmopoeinae Pocock, 1900 (Araneae, Theraphosidae)
title A new synonym in the subfamily Thrigmopoeinae Pocock, 1900 (Araneae, Theraphosidae)
title_full A new synonym in the subfamily Thrigmopoeinae Pocock, 1900 (Araneae, Theraphosidae)
title_fullStr A new synonym in the subfamily Thrigmopoeinae Pocock, 1900 (Araneae, Theraphosidae)
title_full_unstemmed A new synonym in the subfamily Thrigmopoeinae Pocock, 1900 (Araneae, Theraphosidae)
title_short A new synonym in the subfamily Thrigmopoeinae Pocock, 1900 (Araneae, Theraphosidae)
title_sort new synonym in the subfamily thrigmopoeinae pocock, 1900 (araneae, theraphosidae)
topic Short Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5904394/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29674921
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.749.23414
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