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Phormictopus auratus Ortiz & Bertani, 2005, male, s. Cuba
Phormictopus bistriatus Rudloff 2008, female, Cuba
Phormictopus auratus Ortiz & Bertani, 2005, female, s. Cuba
Phormictopus cochleasvorax Rudloff, 2008, female, Cuba
Phormictopus cubensis Chamberlin 1917, female, Cuba, (Photo - D. Ortiz)
![Phormictopus sp. [poss. P. cancerides (Latreille 1806)], female, Domician Republic. Rick C. West](https://birdspiders.ch/wp-content/gallery/theraphosidae/Phormictopus-sp.-poss.-P.-cancerides-Latreille-1806-female-Domician-Republic.-Rick-C.-West.jpg "Phormictopus sp. [poss. P. cancerides (Latreille 1806)], female, Domician Republic. Rick C. West")
Phormictopus sp. [poss. P. cancerides (Latreille 1806)], female, Domician Republic. Rick C. West
Phormictopus cautus (Ausserer, 1875), female (post-molt), Cuba. (Photo - S. Scher)
Phormictopus cautus (Ausserer, 1875), female (pre-molt), Cuba. (Photo - D. Ortiz)
Phormictopus cancerides, female, after molting, Dominican Republic & Haiti (Hispaniola)
![Phormictopus sp.4, female [higher montane species], Dominican Republic](https://birdspiders.ch/wp-content/gallery/theraphosidae/Phormictopus-sp.4-female-higher-montane-species-Dominican-Republic.jpg "Phormictopus sp.4, female [higher montane species], Dominican Republic")
Phormictopus sp.4, female [higher montane species], Dominican Republic
Phormictopus sp., female, undescribed, s. Cuba
![Phormictopus sp.3, female [note blue chelicerae and ventral femora], s](https://birdspiders.ch/wp-content/gallery/theraphosidae/Phormictopus-sp.3-female-note-blue-chelicerae-and-ventral-femora-s.jpg "Phormictopus sp.3, female [note blue chelicerae and ventral femora], s")