Iridopelma katiae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Theraphosoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Mygalomorphae Superfamilia: Theraphosoidea

Familia: Theraphosidae
Subfamilia: Aviculariinae
Genus: Iridopelma

Species: Iridopelma katiae

Name

Iridopelma katiae Bertani, 2012: 62, figs. 134-143, 153-155

Holotype: MZSP 36887, ♀; R. Bertani, C. S. Fukushima and R. H. Nagahama, 18 February 2008.

Type locality: Brazil, Bahia, Mucugê, Parque Nacional da Chapada Diamantina (12°45'7.00"S, 41°30'2.18"W), 1399 m a.s.l.

Etymology: The specific name is a matronym in honour of the author's wife, Kátia de Mendonça Faria, who illustrated several plates for spider taxonomy papers.

References

• Bertani, R. 2012: Revision, cladistic analysis and biogeography of Typhochlaena C. L. Koch, 1850, Pachistopelma Pocock, 1901 and Iridopelma Pocock, 1901 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Aviculariinae). ZooKeys, 230: 1–94. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.230.3500 Reference page.