Robust Trapdoor Tarantula <i>Haploclastus validus</i> Pocock, 1899: notes on taxonomy, distribution and natural history (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Thrigmopoeinae)
The genus Haploclastus is endemic to India and is represented by six species. One of the species H. validus Pocock, 1899 was described from Matheran and has remained poorly known in terms of its natural history and distribution. During recent surveys the species was for the first time found again si...
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| author | Z.A. Mirza R.V. Sanap M. Siliwal |
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| description | The genus Haploclastus is endemic to India and is represented by six species. One of the species H. validus Pocock, 1899 was described from Matheran and has remained poorly known in terms of its natural history and distribution. During recent surveys the species was for the first time found again since its description nearly 110 years ago. Based on the new material collected it is redescribed and data on its natural history and distribution are added. It is the first record of an Indian theraphosid spider, which closes its burrow with a trapdoor. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-49c339f2cad04e05856b876f34698fe52022-12-21T20:33:13ZengWildlife Information Liaison Development SocietyJournal of Threatened Taxa0974-78930974-79072011-10-013102109211910.11609/JoTT.o2627.2109-19625Robust Trapdoor Tarantula <i>Haploclastus validus</i> Pocock, 1899: notes on taxonomy, distribution and natural history (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Thrigmopoeinae)Z.A. MirzaR.V. SanapM. SiliwalThe genus Haploclastus is endemic to India and is represented by six species. One of the species H. validus Pocock, 1899 was described from Matheran and has remained poorly known in terms of its natural history and distribution. During recent surveys the species was for the first time found again since its description nearly 110 years ago. Based on the new material collected it is redescribed and data on its natural history and distribution are added. It is the first record of an Indian theraphosid spider, which closes its burrow with a trapdoor.http://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/639 |
| spellingShingle | Z.A. Mirza R.V. Sanap M. Siliwal Robust Trapdoor Tarantula <i>Haploclastus validus</i> Pocock, 1899: notes on taxonomy, distribution and natural history (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Thrigmopoeinae) Journal of Threatened Taxa |
| title | Robust Trapdoor Tarantula <i>Haploclastus validus</i> Pocock, 1899: notes on taxonomy, distribution and natural history (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Thrigmopoeinae) |
| title_full | Robust Trapdoor Tarantula <i>Haploclastus validus</i> Pocock, 1899: notes on taxonomy, distribution and natural history (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Thrigmopoeinae) |
| title_fullStr | Robust Trapdoor Tarantula <i>Haploclastus validus</i> Pocock, 1899: notes on taxonomy, distribution and natural history (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Thrigmopoeinae) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Robust Trapdoor Tarantula <i>Haploclastus validus</i> Pocock, 1899: notes on taxonomy, distribution and natural history (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Thrigmopoeinae) |
| title_short | Robust Trapdoor Tarantula <i>Haploclastus validus</i> Pocock, 1899: notes on taxonomy, distribution and natural history (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Thrigmopoeinae) |
| title_sort | robust trapdoor tarantula i haploclastus validus i pocock 1899 notes on taxonomy distribution and natural history araneae theraphosidae thrigmopoeinae |
| url | http://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/639 |
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