Pterinopelma
Pterinopelma | |
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Pterinopelma sazimai | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Theraphosidae |
Genus: | Pterinopelma Pocock, 1901[1] |
Type species | |
(Keyserling, 1891)
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Species | |
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Pterinopelma is a genus of Brazilian tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1901.[2] As of May 2020 it contains three species, found in Brazil: , P. sazimai, and .[1] It was removed from the synonymy of Eupalaestrus in 2011.[3]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Gen. Pterinopelma Pocock, 1901". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
- ^ Pocock, R. I. (1901). "Some new and old genera of S.-American Avicularidae". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 8 (7): 540–555.
- ^ Bertani, R.; Nagahama, R. H.; Fukushima, C. S. (2011). "Revalidation of Pterinopelma Pocock 1901 with description of a new species and the female of Pterinopelma vitiosum (Keyserling 1891) (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae)". Zootaxa. 2814: 3.
Categories:
- Mygalomorphae genera
- Spiders of Brazil
- Taxa named by R. I. Pocock
- Theraphosidae
- Theraphosidae stubs