Taxon details

Family: Theraphosidae / Genus: Vitalius

Vitalius tetracanthus (Mello-Leitão, 1923)

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: nomen dubium
  • Described: f
  • Last updated: 2023-04-17
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002504]
  • Distribution: Brazil
Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (MNRJ), Brazil; f (01412, could not be located; probably destroyed by the fire 2018) (Bertani, 2001)
Taxonomic references
Pamphobeteus tetracanthus Mello-Leitão, 1923a: 238 (Df).
Vitalius tetracanthus Lucas, Silva & Bertani, 1993: 245 (T from Pamphobeteus).
Vitalius tetracanthus Bertani, 2001: 309 (type could not be located, nomen dubium).
References

Bertani, R. (2001). Revision, cladistic analysis, and zoogeography of Vitalius, Nhandu, and Proshapalopus; with notes on other theraphosine genera (Araneae, Theraphosidae). Arquivos de Zoologia 36(3): 265-356. doi:10.11606/issn.2176-7793.v36i3p265-356 download pdf -- Show included taxa

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. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1923a). Theraphosideas do Brasil. Revista do Museu Paulista 13: 1-438. download pdf -- Show included taxa

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