Typhochlaena curumim Bertani, 2012

♀ Female 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, Paraíba, Areia, Reserva Ecológica Estadual Mata do Pau-Ferro [6°58'S, 35°42'W], 500 m a.s.l., under tree bark, A.D. Brescovit, R. Bertani, A.B.Bonaldo, S.C.Dias, September 1999 (IBSP 8701)

Etymology

The specific nameis derived fromthe Brazilian indigenous Tupi language, meaning “child”. It refers to the local children that found the type specimens high in a tree in Areia, State of Paraíba, Brazil, during an arachnological expedition.

Specimen Records (2)

IBSP 8701 ♀ Type Brazil

Brazil, Paraíba, Areia, Reserva Ecológica Estadual Mata do Pau-Ferro

September 1999 · col. A.D. Brescovit, R. Bertani, A.B.Bonaldo, S.C.Dias

500 m a.s.l., under tree bark

IBSP 8354 ♀ Type Brazil

Brazil, Paraíba, Areia, Reserva Ecológica Estadual Mata do Pau-Ferro

September 1999 · col. A.D. Brescovit, R. Bertani, A.B.Bonaldo, S.C.Dias

500 m a.s.l., under tree bark