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:10.3897/zookeys.684.12558

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

Zookeys. 2017 Jul 11:(684):57-73. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.684.12558. eCollection 2017.

Authors

Narin Chomphuphuang¹, Deborah Smith², Sitthipong Wongvilas¹, Varat Sivayyapram¹, Chaowalit Songsangchote³, Natapot Warrit⁴

Affiliations

¹ Zoology Program, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
² Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas. Lawrence, USA.
³ Spider Planet Research Center 49/201 Sukhapiban 5 Soi 45 Rd. Orngean Saimai, Bangkok 10220, Thailand.
⁴ Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.

Abstract

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 longipalpussp. n. The diagnosis of the new species and related species are discussed.

Keywords: Distribution; Mygalomorph; natural history; taxonomy.