| Pterinopelma | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Pterinopelma Pocock, 1901[1] |
| Type species | |
| P. vitiosum (Keyserling, 1891) | |
| Species | |
Pterinopelma is a genus of Brazilian tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1901.[2] As of June 2023 it contains two species, found in Brazil: P. felipeleitei and P. vitiosum.[1] It was removed from the synonymy of Eupalaestrus in 2011.[3]
Diagnosis
They resemble the Lasiodora, Vitalius, and Nhandu genera as they all lack accessory prolateral keels and by having an apical and sub apical palpal keel in males. They own a short spermathecae which is separated by a sclerotized area in females. Males can be distinguished by lack stridulating hairs on the prolateral coxae, and owning denticles in the inferior keel and weakly developed keels of the palpal bulb. Females can be distinguished by the absence of long hairs on the carapace, and having a sternum which is as wide as it is long, or being wider than longer.[4]
See also
References
- 1 2 "Gen. 'Pterinopelma Pocock, 1901". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
- ↑ Pocock, R. I. (1901). "Some new and old genera of S.-American Avicularidae". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 8 (7): 540–555. doi:10.1080/03745480109443359.
- ↑ 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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2814.1.1.
- ↑ Bertani, Rogério; Leal, Fernando (2016-05-06). "A new species of Pterinopelma (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from the highlands of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil and description of the male of P. sazimai". Zoologia (Curitiba). 33 (2). doi:10.1590/S1984-4689zool-20150190. ISSN 1984-4670.