Vitalius
| Vitalius | |
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| Vitalius wacketi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Vitalius Lucas, Silva & Bertani, 1993[1] |
| Type species | |
| V. sorocabae (Mello-Leitão, 1923)
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Vitalius is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described by S. Lucas, P. I. da Silva Jr. & Rogério Bertani in 1993.[2]
Diagnosis
They can be distinguished from other tarantulas by the lack of stridulating hairs on the prolateral side of coxa 1 and in the palpal bulb. By the absence of scopula on the side of femur 1, and metatarsus 1 closing between the male spur branches.[3]
Species
As of May 2020[update] it contains ten species, found in Argentina and Brazil:[1]
- Vitalius buecherli Bertani, 2001 – Brazil
- Vitalius dubius (Mello-Leitão, 1923) – Brazil
- Vitalius longisternalis Bertani, 2001 – Brazil, Argentina
- Vitalius lucasae Bertani, 2001 – Brazil
- Vitalius nondescriptus (Mello-Leitão, 1926) – Brazil
- Vitalius paranaensis Bertani, 2001 – Brazil, Argentina
- Vitalius roseus (Mello-Leitão, 1923) – Brazil, Argentina
- Vitalius sorocabae (Mello-Leitão, 1923) (type) – Brazil
- Vitalius vellutinus (Mello-Leitão, 1923) – Brazil
- Vitalius wacketi (Mello-Leitão, 1923) – Brazil
In Synonymy
- V. cephalopheus (Piza, 1944) = Vitalius vellutinus (Mello-Leitão, 1923)
- V. cesteri (Mello-Leitão, 1923) = Vitalius dubius (Mello-Leitão, 1923)
- V. communis (Piza, 1939) = Vitalius dubius (Mello-Leitão, 1923)
- V. cucullatus (Mello-Leitão, 1923) = Vitalius dubius (Mello-Leitão, 1923)
- V. exsul (Mello-Leitão, 1923) = Vitalius dubius (Mello-Leitão, 1923)
- V. insularis (Mello-Leitão, 1923) = Vitalius wacketi (Mello-Leitão, 1923)
- V. litoralis = Vitalius wacketi (Mello-Leitão, 1923)
- V. masculus (Piza, 1939) = Vitalius wacketi (Mello-Leitão, 1923)
- V. melanocephalus (Mello-Leitão, 1923) = Vitalius sorocabae (Mello-Leitão, 1923)
- V. melloleitaoi = Vitalius nondescriptus (Mello-Leitão, 1926)
- V. mus (Piza, 1944) = Vitalius dubius (Mello-Leitão, 1923)
- V. piracicabensis (Piza, 1933) = Vitalius dubius (Mello-Leitão, 1923)
- V. urbanicola (Soares, 1941) = Vitalius dubius (Mello-Leitão, 1923)
- V. ypiranguensis (Soares, 1941) = Vitalius dubius (Mello-Leitão, 1923)
- V. platyomma (Mello-Leitão, 1923 - Brazil
- V. rondoniensis (Mello-Leitão, 1923 - Brazil
- V. tetracanthus (Mello-Leitão, 1923 - Brazil
Formerly included
- Vitalius cristatus (Mello-Leitão, 1923) → Lasiodora cristata
- Vitalius holophaeus (Mello-Leitão, 1923) → Eupalaestrus spinosissimus
- Vitalius vulpinus Schmidt, 1998 → Nhandu tripepii
See also
References
- ^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2020). "Gen. Vitalius Lucas, Silva & Bertani, 1993". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
- ^ Lucas, S.; Silva Jr., P. I. da; Bertani, R. (1993). "Vitalius a new genus of the subfamily Theraphosinae Thorell, 1870 from Brazil (Araneae, Theraphosidae)". Spixiana. 16: 241–245.
- ^ Bertani, Rogério (2001-04-20). "Revision, cladistic analysis, and zoogeography of Vitalius, Nhandu, and Proshapalopus; with notes on other Theraphosine Genera (Araneae, Theraphosidae)". Arquivos de Zoologia (in Portuguese). 36 (3): 265–356. doi:10.11606/issn.2176-7793.v36i3p265-356. ISSN 2176-7793.
External links
Data related to Vitalius at Wikispecies
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