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Genus of spiders
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 December 2023
[update] it contains eleven species, found in
Argentina and
Brazil :
[1]
Vitalius australis Galleti-Lima, Hamilton, Borges & Guadanucci, 2023 – Brazil
Vitalius buecherli Bertani, 2001 – Brazil
Vitalius chromatus (Schmidt, 2004) – Brazil
Vitalius dubius (Mello-Leitão, 1923) – Brazil
Vitalius lucasae Bertani, 2001 – Brazil
Vitalius nondescriptus (Mello-Leitão, 1926) – Brazil
Vitalius paranaensis Bertani, 2001 – Brazil, Argentina
Vitalius restinga Bertani, 2023 – Brazil
Vitalius sapiranga Bertani, 2023 – Brazil
Vitalius sorocabae (Mello-Leitão, 1923) (
type ) – Brazil
Vitalius vellutinus (Mello-Leitão, 1923) – Brazil
Vitalius wacketi – Brazil
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. 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. sylviae (Sherwood, Gabriel & Brescovit, 2023) = Vitalius sorocabae (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
See also
References
^
a
b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2023).
"Gen. Vitalius Lucas, Silva & Bertani, 1993" . World Spider Catalog Version 24.5 . Natural History Museum Bern.
doi :
10.24436/2 . Retrieved 30 December 2023 .
^ Lucas, Sylvia; Silva Jr., Pedro Ismael da; Bertani, Rogério (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 . 36 (3): 265–356.
doi :
10.11606/issn.2176-7793.v36i3p265-356 .
ISSN
2176-7793 .
External links
Data related to
Vitalius at Wikispecies