Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge

Frederick Octavius ​​Pickard - Cambridge ( born November 3, 1860 in Warmwell, Dorset, † February 9, 1905 in Wimbledon ) was an English Arachnologe.

He is the nephew of Octavius ​​Pickard - Cambridge. Both were known by the description of spider species.

Frederick Octavius ​​Pickard - Cambridge has improved, especially the classification of spiders, for example, the families Diguetidae, Tetrablemmidae, Zoridae. He has also created new genres ( for example: Filistatoides, Harmonicon, Tenedos, Tetrablemma ) and new types (for example: Brachypelma smithi Diguetia albolineata, Diguetia propinqua, Idiops santaremius, Phidippus albulatus, Phidippus bidentatus, Phidippus cruentus, Tenedos lautus ) described.

His author abbreviation is " F. O. P. - Cambridge "or" F. O. Pickard - Cambridge ".

The Vogelspinnenart Psalmopoeus cambridgei was named after him.

  • Arachnologe
  • Zoologist
  • Briton
  • English
  • Born in 1860
  • Died in 1905
  • Man
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