Iridopelma
| Iridopelma | |
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| Iridopelma vanini | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Iridopelma Pocock, 1901[1] |
| Type species | |
Pocock, 1901
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| Species | |
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6, see text | |
Iridopelma is a genus of Brazilian tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1901.[2]
Species[]
As of March 2020 it contains six species, all found in Brazil:[1]
- Pocock, 1901 (type) – Brazil
- Bertani, 2012 – Brazil
- Bertani, 2012 – Brazil
- Bertani, 2012 – Brazil
- Bertani, 2012 – Brazil
- (Mello-Leitão, 1926) – Brazil
In synonymy:
- I. palmicola (Mello-Leitão, 1945) = Iridopelma hirsutum Pocock, 1901
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Gen. Iridopelma Pocock, 1901". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
- ^ Pocock, R. I. (1901). "LXIX.—Some new and old genera of S.-American Avicularidæ" (PDF). Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 7. 8 (7): 540–555. doi:10.1080/03745480109443359.
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- Mygalomorphae genera
- Spiders of Brazil
- Taxa named by R. I. Pocock
- Theraphosidae
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