Taxon details

Family: Theraphosidae / Genus: Vitalius

Vitalius chromatus (Schmidt, 2004)

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2023-12-30
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002249]
  • Distribution: Brazil
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Taxonomic references
Vitalius cristatus Baumgarten, 1998: 1, f. 1-3 (m; misidentified per Bertani, 2001: 285 and Schmidt, 2004b: 8).
Vitalius cristatus Peters, 2000b: 131, f. 383, 385 (m; misidentified according to Schmidt, 2004b: 8, figs. of Baumgarten, 1998: 1).
Vitalius cristatus Peters, 2003: 212, f. 855-856 (m; misidentified according to Schmidt, 2004b: 8, figs. of Baumgarten, 1998: 1).
Nhandu chromatus Schmidt, 2004b: 8, f. 1-3, 5 (Dmf).
Nhandu chromatus Peters, 2005b: 86, f. 275-280 (mf).
Vitalius chromatus Bertani, 2023b: 110 (T from Nhandu).
References

Baumgarten, M. (1998). Das Männchen von Vitalius cristatus (Mello-Leitão, 1923) (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae). Arachnologisches Magazin 6(12): 1-8. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Bertani, R. (2023b). Taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of Lasiodora C. L. Koch, 1850 (Araneae, Theraphosidae) with notes on related genera. Zootaxa 5390(1): 1-116. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5390.1.1 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Peters, H.-J. (2005b). Tarantulas of the world: Kleiner Atlas der Vogelspinnen - Band 3. Published by the author, 130 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Peters, H.-J. (2000b). Tarantulas of the world: Kleiner Atlas der Vogelspinnen - Band 2. Published by the author, 162 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Peters, H.-J. (2003). Tarantulas of the world: Amerika's Vogelspinnen. Published by the author, Wegberg, Germany, 328 pp. [Longhorn & Gabriel, 2019: 109: "We consider much of the information in Peters (2003) as erroneous"] download pdf download pdf -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. (2004b). Der Doppelgänger von Acanthoscurria geniculata (C.L. Koch, 1841) heist Nhandu chromatus sp. n. (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae). Tarantulas of the World 92: 6-11. download pdf -- Show included taxa

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Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2023-12-30 New taxonomic reference entry Bertani, 2023b n/a
2023-12-30 Species transferred to new genus Bertani, 2023b Species transferred from Nhandu to Vitalius
2023-12-29 New taxonomic reference entry Peters, 2003 n/a
2023-12-29 New taxonomic reference entry Peters, 2000b n/a
2023-12-29 Taxonomic reference added from other taxon n/a (Old value)