Phormingochilus pennellhewlettorum

size 3/4”

This incredible Asian arboreal was described in 2015 by Andrew Smith and Michael Jacobi, and then named after Mark Pennell and Dean Hewlett who discovered them years earlier. This a smaller species in the genus only reaching 5”-6” as adults. Beautiful yellowish carapace with a dark triangle over the eyes that seems to fade to a full yellow carapace with age. These spiders that are native to Bario Kelabit in the Kelabit highlands of northeastern Sarawak have been breeding well in captivity and seem to be well established in captive populations.

Smith, A. M. & Jacobi, M. A. (2015). Revision of the genus Phormingochilus with the description of three new species from Sulawesi and Sarawak and notes on the placement of the genera Cyriopagopus, Lampropelma and Omothymus. British Tarantula Society Journal 30(3): 25-48.