question about Poecilotheria and Avicularia

catfishrod69

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ok i was wanting to know all of the species in the world of each, just give me a list of them all...thanks
 

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Or you could search...thanks.

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Okay maybe that was a bit harsh.

Here you go: World Spider Catalog
 

catfishrod69

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ok i checked wikipedia...didnt really think about that before...seen that pokies have 16 species...so i will def have all of those, but avic has way too many...so i will just get the main ones i reckin
 

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From Ken The Bug Guy's website:

Avicularia:
affinis - Chile
alticeps - Uruguay
ancylochira - Brazil
anthracina - Uruguay
arabica - Unknown - possibly egypt or south america
aurantiaca - Peru
avicularia - Costa Rica to Brazil
avicularia variegata - Brazil
aymara - Peru
azuraklaasi - Peru
bicegoi - Brazil
borelli - Paraguay
braunshauseni - Brazil
caesia - Puerto Rico
cuminami - Brazil
detrita - Brazil
diversipes - Brazil
doleschalli - Brazil
exilis - Suriname
fasciculata - South America
fasciculata clara - South America
geroldi - Brazil
glauca - Panama
gracilis - Brazil
guyana - Guyana
hirschii - Ecuador
hirsuta - Cuba
holmbergi - French Guiana
huriana - Ecuador
juruensis - Brazil
laeta - Brazil, Puerto Rico
leporina - Brazil
metallica - Suriname
minatrix - Venezuela
nigrotaeniata - Guyana
ochracea - Brazil
palmicola - Brazil
panamensis - Mexico, Guatemala, Panama
parva - Uruguay
plantaris - Brazil
pulchra - Brazil
purpurea - Ecuador
rapax - South America
recifiensis - Brazil
rufa - Brazil
rutilans - Colombia
soratae - Bolivia
subvulpina - South America
surinamensis - Suriname
taunayi - Brazil
tigrina - Uruguay
ulrichea - Brazil
urticans - Peru
velutina - Venezuela
versicolor - Guadeloupe, Martinique
walckenaeri - Brazil
 

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From Ken The Bug Guy's website:

Avicularia:
affinis - Chile
alticeps - Uruguay
ancylochira - Brazil
anthracina - Uruguay
arabica - Unknown - possibly egypt or south america
aurantiaca - Peru
avicularia - Costa Rica to Brazil
avicularia variegata - Brazil
aymara - Peru
azuraklaasi - Peru
bicegoi - Brazil
borelli - Paraguay
braunshauseni - Brazil
caesia - Puerto Rico
cuminami - Brazil
detrita - Brazil
diversipes - Brazil
doleschalli - Brazil
exilis - Suriname
fasciculata - South America
fasciculata clara - South America
geroldi - Brazil
glauca - Panama
gracilis - Brazil
guyana - Guyana
hirschii - Ecuador
hirsuta - Cuba
holmbergi - French Guiana
huriana - Ecuador
juruensis - Brazil
laeta - Brazil, Puerto Rico
leporina - Brazil
metallica - Suriname
minatrix - Venezuela
nigrotaeniata - Guyana
ochracea - Brazil
palmicola - Brazil
panamensis - Mexico, Guatemala, Panama
parva - Uruguay
plantaris - Brazil
pulchra - Brazil
purpurea - Ecuador
rapax - South America
recifiensis - Brazil
rufa - Brazil
rutilans - Colombia
soratae - Bolivia
subvulpina - South America
surinamensis - Suriname
taunayi - Brazil
tigrina - Uruguay
ulrichea - Brazil
urticans - Peru
velutina - Venezuela
versicolor - Guadeloupe, Martinique
walckenaeri - Brazil
I'll give it a few months before I have them all. :D
 

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The list is not correct, it should be Avicularia cf. metallica and Avicularia diversipes instead of A. fasciculata
 

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A. diversipes and A. fasciculata are two valid sp., aren't they?
Yeah, we've been through this before, Falk, no? A. diversipes is also included in the list, and just because there's no A. fasciculata and A. metallica in the hobby doesn't make them non-existant species. BTW, the list is missing A. gamba and A. sooretama. You should use the World Spider Catalog for this purpose, like Jason already linked you, it's the best source.

seen that pokies have 16 species
15. P. nallamalaiensis is listed in the Wikipedia page, but it was synonymised with P. formosa last year.
 
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