Phrynus tessellatus (Pocock, 1894)

Species

Tarantula reniformis (Linnaeus): Pocock, 1894b: 404-407 (misidentification).

Tarantula tessellata Pocock, 1894c: 531-533, fig. 2; Bernard, 1894b: 272, figs 1-7.

Tarantula spinimana Pocock, 1894c: 534-536, figs 4, 4a (synonymised by Quintero, 1981: 135).

Neophrynus palmatus (Herbst): Kraepelin, 1895: 30 (in part).

Admetus palmatus (Herbst): Simon, 1897: 890 (misidentification).

Tarantula palmata (Herbst): Kraepelin, 1899a: 243-244 (misidentification; in part).

Phrynus spinimanus (Pocock): Mello-Leitão, 1931: 44 (as Phrynus spinimanu [sic]).

Phrynus tessellatus (Pocock): Mello-Leitão, 1931: 44 (as Phrynus tesselatus [sic]); Quintero, 1981: 135-137, fig. 47, 49-53, 114, 149, 151, 170, map 2; Ávila Calvo and Armas, 1997: 32; Harvey, 2003c: 30; Armas, 2004b: 44; Armas, 2006: 241, figs 17, 32a-d.

Type Locality

Tarantula tessellata: St Vincent, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Tarantula spinimana: Haiti (Quintero, 1981 regards the locality as possibly erroneous).

Distribution

Tarantula tessellata Pocock, 1894
Tarantula spinimana Pocock, 1894

Latitude: 13°15'N

Longitude: 61°12'W

Coordinates based upon: St Vincent (island)