Typhochlaena chapadensis Bertani, Antunes & Gallão, 2025

Described by Rogério Bertani, Vinicius S. Antunes, Jonas E. Gallão

♂ Male described
Live specimen Live specimen © Bertani, Antunes & Gallão (2025), fig. 1, a live subadult male. Photo: Vinicius Antunes

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Bibliography

Bertani, R., Antunes, V. S. & Gallão, J. E. (2025). A new species of tiny arboreal tarantula of the genus Typhochlaena C. L. Koch, 1850 (Araneae, Theraphosidae) from the State of Bahia, Brazil. Zootaxa 5660(1): 102-110.

Distribution

Brazil

Type Locality: BRAZIL, State of Bahia, Lençóis, Chapada Diamantina region, 390 m a.s.l.

Adult Male Activity

Collection months of 1 adult male specimen record

Etymology

The specific epithet refers to the Chapada Diamantina region, where the holotype was found.

Specimen Records (2)

LES 0030157 ♂ Holotype Brazil

Lençóis, Chapada Diamantina, 390 m a.s.l., Bahia

October 2024 · col. V. S. Antunes & J. E. Gallão

Holotype male of Typhochlaena chapadensis. Total length without chelicerae 13.01 mm. Found wandering inside a house, probably searching for a female or food. The coordinates are the centre of the municipality of Lençóis, not the collection point: the authors withhold the exact locality because precise data could facilitate illegal collecting for the pet trade, and direct researchers to request it from the holding institution.

LES 0030158 juvenile Brazil

Lençóis, Chapada Diamantina, 390 m a.s.l., Bahia

October 2024 · col. V. S. Antunes & J. E. Gallão

Immature of Typhochlaena chapadensis, same data as the holotype, found under loose tree bark in the peri-domiciliary area. Not a type: listed by the authors under other material examined. Coordinates are the municipality centre, as for the holotype.

Genitalia

Male palp
Male palp © Bertani, Antunes & Gallão (2025), figs 12-15, left palpal bulb of the holotype male in prolateral, retrolateral, dorsal and frontal view