Iridopelma vanini Bertani, 2012

♀ Female described ♂ Male described

Female

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Bibliography

Bertani, R. (2012). Revision, cladistic analysis and biogeography of Typhochlaena C. L. Koch, 1859, Pachistopelma Pocock, 1901 and Iridopelma Pocock, 1901 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Aviculariinae). ZooKeys 230: 1-94.

Distribution

Brazil

Etymology

The specific name is a patronym in honour of Professor Sérgio Antonio Vanin, a Brazilian entomologist. As advisor of some arachnologists, including Rogerio Bertani, he contributed to the development of modern Brazilian arachnology.