Phlogiellus raveni Sivayyapram & Warrit, 2020

Sivayyapram, Varat, Kunsete, Chawakorn, Songsangchote, Chaowalit, Thanoosing, Chawatat, Traiyasut, Prapun & Warrit, Natapot, 2020, Two new species of the Southeast Asian Dwarf tarantula genus Phlogiellus Pocock 1887 (Theraphosidae, Selenocosmiinae) and a discussion on the taxonomic problem of the genus: Addendum, Zootaxa 4869 (4), pp. 599-600 : 599

Phlogiellus raveni Sivayyapram & Warrit , sp. nov.

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Type material. Holotype ♂. PHILIPPINES, Talamban , Cebu City , Small forest behind University of San Carlos, 16– 18 August 1986, Gerd Alberti (QM S 22518 a). Paratypes 1 ♀ allotype, same data as holotype (QM S22518 b), deposited in the Queensland Museum, Brisbane .

Diagnosis. Phlogiellus raveni sp. nov. differs from other Phlogiellus species, except P. aper, P. brevipes, P. mutus, P. bundokalbo, P. watasei, P. moniqueverdezae, P. longipalpus, and Phlogiellus daweiensis sp. nov. in lacking a maxillary lyra in both males and females. Phlogiellus raveni sp. nov. differs from those of the alyrate species of Phlogiellus , in the different shape of the male palpal bulb and shape of the female spermathecae (Figs 13, 17).

Description. see Sivayyapram et al. 2020.