Poecilotheria subfusca
| Poecilotheria subfusca | |
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| Young female | |
CITES Appendix II
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Poecilotheria |
| Species: | P. subfusca
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| Binomial name | |
| Poecilotheria subfusca Pocock, 1895
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| Synonyms | |
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Poecilotheria subfusca, or the ivory ornamental, is a spider in the tarantula family, Theraphosidae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. As of February 2019, the World Spider Catalog regarded Poecilotheria bara as a synonym. Other sources, particularly in the pet trade, have historically treated highland and lowland forms as distinct species, with the lowland forms often referred to as P. bara.