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Poecilotheria formosa

{{Short description|Tarantula spider species}}

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| name = Salem ornamental

| taxon = Poecilotheria formosa

| image = Poecilotheria formosa01.jpg

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| status = EN | status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite web| url = https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/63561/0| title = Poecilotheria formosa | author = Molur, S. | author2 = Daniel, B.A. | author3 = Siliwal, M. | name-list-style = amp | year = 2015 | access-date = 19 April 2015}}

| status2 = CITES_A2

| status2_system = CITES

| status2_ref = {{Cite web|title=Appendices {{!}} CITES|url=https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php|access-date=2022-01-14|website=cites.org}}

| authority = Pocock, 1899

| synonyms = *Poecilotheria nallamalaiensis Rao et al., 2006

| synonyms_ref =

}}

Poecilotheria formosa is a species of tarantula, commonly known as the salem ornamental, beautiful parachute spider, or finely formed parachute spider.

Distribution

P. formosa is found only in South-Eastern Ghats between Salem and Tirupathi in southern India. The population is decreasing due to habitat loss and pet trade.

References

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{{cite web |title=Taxon details Poecilotheria formosa Pocock, 1899 |work=World Spider Catalog |publisher=Natural History Museum Bern |url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/species/37822 |access-date=29 February 2016 }}

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Further reading

  • Encyclopedia of Life: [http://eol.org/pages/1182249/overview P. formosa]
  • Poecilotheria formosa [http://www.mikebasictarantula.com/Poe-formosa-care-sheet.html]
  • Itis [https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=865617]

External links

  • [http://www.tarantupedia.com/selenocosmiinae/poecilotheria/poecilotheria-formosa Tarantupedia]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20150419115140/http://www.arkive.org/finely-formed-parachute-spider/poecilotheria-formosa/ Images]

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formosa

Category:Spiders of the Indian subcontinent

Category:Endemic fauna of India

Category:Spiders described in 1899

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