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Plesiophrictus is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1899.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Plesiophrictus is referenced by 8 other articles, and connects out to Theraphosidae, India and Animalia.

Vinony files it under Spiders of Asia, Taxa named by Reginald Innes Pocock and Theraphosidae.

Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.

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GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilyTheraphosidae

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Plesiophrictus is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1899.

==Species== it contains eight species, found in Sri Lanka, India, and Micronesia: Plesiophrictus fabrei (Simon, 1892) – India Plesiophrictus linteatus (Simon, 1891) – India Plesiophrictus meghalayaensis Tikader, 1977 – India Plesiophrictus millardi Pocock, 1899 (type) – India Plesiophrictus nilagiriensis Siliwal, Molur & Raven, 2007 – India Plesiophrictus senffti (Strand, 1907) – Micronesia Plesiophrictus sericeus Pocock, 1900 – India Plesiophrictus tenuipes Pocock, 1899 – Sri Lanka

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