Richard C. Gallon

Richard C. Gallon British Arachnologist.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Gallon, R.C. 2001. Revision of the Ceratogyrus spp. formerly included in Coelogenium (Araneae: Theraphosidae, Harpactirinae). Mygalomorph 2: 1-20. Reference page.

Gallon, R.C. 2002. Revision of the African genera Pterinochilus and Eucratoscelus (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Harpactirinae) with description of two new genera. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 12(5): 201–232. full aticle (PDF). Reference page.

Gallon, R.C. 2003. A new African arboreal genus and species of theraphosid spider (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Stromatopelminae) which lacks spermathecae. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 12(9): 405–411. full aticle (PDF). Reference page.

Gallon, R.C. 2004. Trichognathella, replacement name for the genus Trichognatha Gallon, 2002 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Harpactirinae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 13(2): 62. full aticle (PDF). Reference page.

Gallon, R.C. 2005. On a new genus and species of theraphosid spider from Serpent Island, Mauritius (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Eumenophorinae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 13(5): 175–178. full aticle (PDF). Reference page.
Gallon, R.C. 2005a. Encyocratella olivacea Strand, 1907, a senior synonym of Xenodendrophila gabrieli Gallon, 2003 (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Stromatopelminae) with a description of the male. Zootaxa 1003: 45–56. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page.

Gallon, R.C. 2008. On some poorly known African Harpactirinae, with notes on Avicuscodra arabica Strand, 1908 and Scodra pachypoda Strand, 1908 (Araneae, Theraphosidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 14(5): 232–246. Reference page.
Guadanucci, J.P.L. & Gallon, R.C. 2008: A revision of the spider genera Chaetopelma Ausserer 1871 and Nesiergus Simon 1903 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Ischnocolinae). Zootaxa 1753: 34–48. Abstract & excerpt Reference page.
Pérez-Miles, F., Gabriel, R., Miglio, L., Bonaldo, A., Gallon, R., Jiménez, J.J. & Bertani, R. 2008. Ami, a new Theraphosid genus from Central and South America, with the description of six new species (Araneae: Mygalomorphae). Zootaxa 1915: 54–68. Abstract & excerpt. . Reference page.

Gallon, R.C. 2009. Two new Pterinochilus species from Kenya (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Harpactirinae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 14: 361–364. DOI: 10.13156/100.014.0904. . Reference page.

Gallon, R.C. 2010. On some southern African Harpactirinae, with notes on the eumenophorines Pelinobius muticus Karsch, 1885 and Monocentropella Strand, 1907 (Araneae, Theraphosidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 15(2): 29-48. full aticle (PDF). Reference page.
Gallon, R.C. 2010a. A new genus and species of Harpactirinae from coastal Angola (Araneae, Theraphosidae. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 15(3): 79-82. full aticle (PDF). Reference page.

Gallon, R.C., Gabriel, R. & Tansley, G. 2012. A new Chaetopelma species from the eastern Mediterranean (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Ischnocolinae). Journal of the British Tarantula Society 27(4): 128–139. Reference page.

Gabriel, R., Gallon, R.C. & Smith, A.M. 2013. The revised taxonomical status of some Poecilotheria species Simon 1885 (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Journal of the British Tarantula Society 28: 103–110. Reference page.