Typhochlaena costae 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, state of Tocantins, Palmas, U.H.E. Luis Eduardo Magalhães [10°12'S, 48°24'W], 211 m.a.s.l, during faunal rescuing, M. Costa and D. Candido, 12 January 2002 (IBSP unnumbered)

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Etymology

The specific name is a matronym in honour of Miriam Costa, who collected the holotype and several other new spider species during several years she worked at Instituto Butantan.

Specimen Records (3)

IBSP ? ♀ Type Brazil

Brazil, state of Tocantins, Palmas, U.H.E. Luis Eduardo Magalhães

January 2002 · col. M. Costa and D. Candido

IBSP ? ♂ Type Brazil

Brazil, state of To- cantins, Lajeado

April 2002 · col. G. Puorto, R. Martins, I. Knysak (pitfall trap)

MZSP 36880 juvenile Brazil

Brazil: Maranhão/Piaui border

February 2010 · col. C. E. V. Toledo