Iridopelma oliveirai

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 oliveirai

Name

Iridopelma oliveirai Bertani, 2012: 66, figs. 156-165

Holotype: IBSP 10100, ♂; A. D. Brescovit, July 2000.

Type locality: Brazil, state of Bahia, Central, Toca dos Pilões [11°08'S, 42°06'W].

Etymology: Specific name is a patronym in honor of Judge João Carlos Sá Moreira de Oliveira, for allowing the author to have access to part of the aviculariine specimens deposited in the Instituto Butantan collections.

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.