{{Short description|Genus of spiders}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Phormingochilus | authority = Pocock, 1895<ref name=NMBE /> | type_species = ''P. everetti'' | type_species_authority = Pocock, 1895 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 5, see text }} '''''Phormingochilus''''' is a genus of Bornean tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1895.<ref name=Poco1895>{{cite journal| last=Pocock| first=R. I.| year=1895| title=On a new and natural grouping of some of the Oriental genera of Mygalomorphae, with descriptions of new genera and species| journal=Annals and Magazine of Natural History| pages=165–184| volume=15| issue=6| doi=10.1080/00222939508677863| url=https://zenodo.org/record/2380745| author-link=Reginald Innes Pocock}}</ref> They are occasionally kept as exotic pets, and are known for moving in bursts of speed and being defensive when cornered.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://arachnoboards.com/threads/phormingochilus-sp-sabah-blue.292690/| title=Phormingochilus sp. Sabah Blue| date=4 April 2017| publisher=Arachnoboards| accessdate=2020-06-08}}</ref>
== Diagnosis == They can be distinguished by the round apex of the male palpal bulb, they can also be distinguished by the size of leg 1 and 4 in females. Further more, they can only be found in Borneo and Sulawesi.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Gabriel |first1=Ray |last2=Sherwood |first2=Danniella |date=2019 |title=The revised taxonomic placement of some arboreal Ornithoctoninae Pocock, 1895 with description of a new species of Omothymus Thorell, 1891 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334999892 |access-date=July 22, 2022 |website=ResearchGate}}</ref><ref name="mueller2024">{{cite journal |last1=Müller |first1=Simon |last2=Fardiansah |first2=Riko |last3=Schneider |first3=Frank |last4=Wanke |first4=Dominic |last5=von Wirth |first5=Volker |last6=Wendt |first6=Ingo |display-authors=2 |title=Description of a new genus and two new species of Ornithoctoninae from Southeast Asia (Araneae: Theraphosidae) |journal=Integrative Systematics: Stuttgart Contributions to Natural History |date=31 Dec 2024 |volume=7 |issue=2 |pages=23–39 |doi=10.18476/2024.122121 |url=https://bioone.org/journals/integrative-systematics-stuttgart-contributions-to-natural-history/volume-7/issue-2/2024.122121/Description-of-a-new-genus-and-two-new-species-of/10.18476/2024.122121.full |access-date=25 October 2025 |ref=mueller2024}}</ref>
==Species== {{as of|2024|December}} contains five species, found on Borneo and Sulawesi:<ref name=NMBE>{{cite journal| title=Gen. Phormingochilus Pocock, 1895| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| accessdate=2020-06-08| year=2020| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3410| doi=10.24436/2}}</ref>
*''Phormingochilus arboricola'' <small>(Schmidt & Barensteiner, 2015)</small> – Borneo *''Phormingochilus everetti'' <small>Pocock, 1895</small> (type) – Borneo *''Phormingochilus hatihati'' <small>(Müller, Fardiansah, et al, 2024)</small> - Sulawesi<ref name="mueller2024" /> *''Phormingochilus pennellhewlettorum'' <small>Smith & Jacobi, 2015</small> – Malaysia (Borneo) *''Phormingochilus tigrinus'' <small>Pocock, 1895</small> – Borneo
'''Formerly included:''' *''P. carpenteri'' <small>Smith & Jacobi, 2015</small> → ''Lampropelma carpenteri'' *''P. fuchsi'' <small>Strand, 1906</small> → ''Omothymus fuchsi'' *''P. kirki'' <small>Smith & Jacobi, 2015</small> → ''Lampropelma carpenteri''
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:Theraphosidae genera Category:Spiders of Asia Category:Taxa named by Reginald Innes Pocock Category:Theraphosidae
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