First record of the genus Psalmopoeus (Araneae: Theraphosidae) in Brazil

By

Bertani, Rogério
Santos, Arthur De Sena
Abbeg, Arthur Diesel
Ortiz, Flora Roncolatto
De Freitas, Marco Antonio

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016-3-22

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

12

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

1860--4

Subjects

Amazon , Pacaraíma , Roraima , tarantula

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/12.2.1860

 

Abstract

We present the first record for the genus Psalmopoeus Pocock, 1895, in Brazil. A female of Psalmopoeus irminia Saager, 1994, was collected in Pacaraíma, state of Roraima, Brazil. This country now has records of all New World tarantula genera of the subfamily Aviculariinae.