The Tarantula Bibliography :: May 2012

Xenesthis Simon, 1891
THERAPHOSINAE — type species: Xenesthis immanis

Simon, E. 1891.
Liste des Aviculariides qui habitent le Mexique et l'Am¨rique centrale.
Act. Soc. linn. Bord. 44: 327-339.

Smith, A.M. 1989.
Xenesthis – the debate that never was.
Journal of the British Tarantula Society 5(2): 15-18.

Xenesthis immanis (Ausserer, 1875)
– Panama to Venezuela
TYPE SPECIES

Ausserer, A. 1875.
Zweiter Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autor).
Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 25: 125-206 [p. 194].

Cocroft, R.B. & K. Hambler. 1989.
Observations on a commensal relationship of the microhylid frog Chiasmocleis ventrimaculata and the burrowing theraphosid spider Xenesthis immanis in southeastern Peru.
Biotropica 21: 2-8.

KORTEKAAS, G. 2003.
Vogelspin van de dag: Xenesthis immanis.
Tijdschrift van Vogelspinnen Vereniging Nederland 11(37).

McHugh, A. 1997.
The captive reproduction of the South American theraphosid spider Xenesthis immanis in captivity.
Journal of the British Tarantula Society 13(2): 60-63.

VIEMON , R. 2000.
Note sur la reproduction de Xenesthis immanis en captivité.
Arachnides 45.

Xenesthis intermedia Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1945
– Venezuela

Schiapelli, R.D. & B.S. Gerschman. 1945.
Parte descriptiva.
In Vellard, J., R.D. Schiapelli & B.S. Gerschman
Arañas sudamericanas colleccionadas por el Doctor J. Vellard. I. Theraphosidae nuevas o poco conocidas.
Acta zool. lilloana 3: 165-213 [p. 188, pl. XIV].

Xenesthis monstrosa Pocock, 1903
– Colombia

Pocock, R.I. 1903.
On some genera and species of South American Aviculariidae.
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 11: 81-115 [p. 93].

Booth, A. 1989.
Xenesthis monstrosa.
Journal of the British Tarantula Society 5(1): 28.

Layzell, J. 1986.
Moulting of Xenesthis monstrosa.
Journal of the British Tarantula Society 1(2): 36.

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