Typhochlaena amma 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

Type Locality: Holotype female, Brazil, Espírito Santo, Santa Teresa, Estação Ecológica de Santa Lúcia [19°58'S, 40°32'W], 672 m.a.s.l, A. P. L. Giupponi, February 2008 (MNRJ 06239)

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Etymology

The specific name refers to the project AMMA – arachnids and myriapods from Brazilian Atlantic rainforest carried out by the arachnologists from Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, who collected the types.

Specimen Records (4)

IBSP 13005 ♂ Type Brazil

Domingos Martins, Pico do Eldorado

December 2004 · col. M. T. Tavares et al.

MNRJ 06240 ♀ Type Brazil

Brazil, Espírito Santo, Santa Teresa, Estação Ecológica de Santa Lúcia

January 2005 · col. A. Pérez Gonzalez

MNRJ 06239 ♀ Type Brazil

Brazil, Espírito Santo, Santa Teresa, Estação Ecológica de Santa Lúcia

February 2008 · col. A. P. L. Giupponi

MNRJ 12926 ♂ Type Brazil

Brazil, Espírito Santo, Santa Teresa, Estação Ecológica de Santa Lúcia