Pterinopelma
| Pterinopelma | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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)
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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[update] it contains three species, found in Brazil: P. felipeleitei, P. sazimai, and P. vitiosum.[1] It was removed from the synonymy of Eupalaestrus in 2011.[3]
See also
References
- ^ 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.
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