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| name = Salem ornamental<br />
| taxon = Poecilotheria formosa<br />
| image = Poecilotheria formosa01.jpg<br />
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| status = EN | status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
| status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite web| url = https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/63561/0| title = ''Poecilotheria formosa'' | author = Molur, S. | author2 = Daniel, B.A. | author3 = Siliwal, M. | name-list-style = amp | year = 2015 | access-date = 19 April 2015}}</ref><br />
| status2 = CITES_A2 <br />
| status2_system = CITES <br />
| status2_ref = <ref>{{Cite web|title=Appendices {{!}} CITES|url=https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php|access-date=2022-01-14|website=cites.org}}</ref><br />
| authority = [[Reginald Innes Pocock|Pocock]], 1899<ref name=WSC_s37822/><br />
| synonyms = *''Poecilotheria nallamalaiensis'' <small>Rao et al., 2006</small><br />
| synonyms_ref = <ref name=WSC_s37822/><br />
}}<br />
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'''''Poecilotheria formosa''''' is a [[species]] of [[Theraphosidae|tarantula]], commonly known as the '''salem ornamental''', '''beautiful parachute spider''', or '''finely formed parachute spider'''.<br />
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==Distribution==<br />
''P. formosa'' is found only in South-Eastern Ghats between Salem and [[Tirupati (city)|Tirupathi]] in southern [[India]]. The population is decreasing due to [[habitat loss]] and pet trade.<br />
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==References==<br />
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<ref name=WSC_s37822>{{cite web |title=Taxon details ''Poecilotheria formosa'' Pocock, 1899 |work=World Spider Catalog |publisher=Natural History Museum Bern |url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/species/37822 |access-date=29 February 2016 }}</ref><br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* Encyclopedia of Life: [http://eol.org/pages/1182249/overview ''P. formosa'']<br />
* ''Poecilotheria formosa'' [http://www.mikebasictarantula.com/Poe-formosa-care-sheet.html]<br />
* Itis [https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=865617]<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.tarantupedia.com/selenocosmiinae/poecilotheria/poecilotheria-formosa Tarantupedia]<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150419115140/http://www.arkive.org/finely-formed-parachute-spider/poecilotheria-formosa/ Images]<br />
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[[Category:Poecilotheria|formosa]]<br />
[[Category:Spiders of the Indian subcontinent]]<br />
[[Category:Endemic fauna of India]]<br />
[[Category:Spiders described in 1899]]<br />
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