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Three new species of tiny tarantulas of the genus Thalerommata Ausserer, 1875 (Araneae, Theraphosidae) from northern Colombia. Zootaxa 5537 (1): 95-114.
A new species of the Hispaniolan endemic genus Antillena Bertani, Huff and Fukushima, 2017 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Aviculariinae), with notes on the natural history of the genus. Zootaxa 5493 (4): 419-430.
A new species of Vitalius (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from the Brazilian Cerrado. Zoologia 41: e24011.
On the genus Thalerommata Ausserer, 1875 (Araneae, Theraphosidae), with the description of six new species. Zootaxa 5271(2): 201-230.
Two new species of Vitalius (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from the restingas of the states of Rio de Janeiro, Bahia and Sergipe, Brazil. Brazil. Zoologia 40(e23001): 1-17.
Taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of Lasiodora C. L. Koch, 1850 (Araneae, Theraphosidae) with notes on related genera. Zootaxa 5390(1): 1-116.
Taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of the tarantula genera Tapinauchenius Ausserer, 1871, Psalmopoeus Pocock, 1985, and Amazonius n. gen. (Theraphosidae, Psalmopoeinae). Zootaxa 5101(1): 1-123.
Yanomamius n. gen., a new genus of tarantula from Brazilian and Venezuelan Amazon (Araneae, Theraphosidae), with description of three new species. Zootaxa 4933(3): 324-340.
Two new species of Eupalaestrus Pocock, 1901 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from Southern Brazil and Northeastern Argentina. Journal of Natural History 55(13-14): 889-908.
Description of the male of the Critically Endangered tarantula Typhochlaena curumim Bertani, 2012 (Araneae, Theraphosidae), with comments on tarantula trade and conservation. ZooKeys 938: 125-136.
Revision and cladistic analysis of Psalistops Simon, 1889, Trichopelma Simon, 1888 and Cyrtogrammomma Pocock, 1895 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) based on a cladistic analysis of relationships of Theraphosidae, Barychelidae and Paratropididae. Zootaxa 4873(1): 1-132.
Two new species of Guyruita Guadanucci et al., 2007 (Araneae, Theraphosidae) from Brazil. Zootaxa 4370(4): 395-408.
Taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of Avicularia Lamarck, 1818 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Aviculariinae) with description of three new aviculariine genera. ZooKeys 659: 1-185, Suppl. 1-5.
Two new Dolichothele Mello-Leitão, 1923 species from Brazil and Bolivia (Araneae, Theraphosidae). ZooKeys 724: 1-20.
A new species of Pterinopelma (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from the highlands of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil and description of the male of P. sazimai. Zoologia (Curitiba) vol.33 no.2 Curitiba 2016 Epub May 06, 2016.
Tmesiphantes hypogeus sp. nov. (Araneae, Theraphosidae), the first troglobitic tarantula from Brazil. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 85: 235-243.
Avicularia rickwesti sp.nov, a remarkable new species of Avicularia (Theraphosidae:Aviculariinae) from Dominican Republic. Zoologia 30(3): 333-337.
A new species of Melloina (Araneae: Paratropididae) from Venezuela. Zoologia (Curitiba) 30: 101-106.
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.
On the Avicularia (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Aviculariinae) species from Uruguay. Journal of Arachnology 39: 528-532.
Revalidation of Pterinopelma Pocock 1901 with description of a new species and the female of Pterinopelma vitiosum (Keyserling 1891) (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae). Zootaxa 2814: 1-18.
Descripción de Acanthoscurria turumban sp. nov. (Araneae: Theraphosidae) y primer registro del género para Venezuela. Bol. Soc. ent. Aragonesa 46: 143-145.
Description of two new species of Avicularia Lamarck 1818 and redescription of Avicularia diversipes (C.L. Koch 1842) (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Aviculariinae) , three possibly threatened Brazilian species. Zootaxa 60: 2223: 25-47.
A new species of Oligoxystre Vellard 1924 (Araneae, Theraphosidae) from Brazil. ZooKeys 5: 41-51 [p. 44, f. 1-8].
Two new species of Pamphobeteus Pocock 1901 (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae) from Brazil, with a new type of stridulatory organ. Zootaxa 1826: 45-58 [p. 48, f. 1-12].
Ami, a new Theraphosid genus from Central and South America, with the description of six new species (Araneae: Mygalomorphae). Zootaxa 1915: 54–68.
Review and cladistic analysis of the Neotropical tarantula genus Ephebopus Simon 1892 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) with notes on the Aviculariinae. Zootaxa 1849: 35-58.
The identity of Mygale brunnipes C.L. Koch 1842 (Araneae, Theraphosidae), with a redescription of the species and the description of a new genus. Journal of Arachnology 36: 402-410.
A new species of Holothele Karsch, 1879 (Theraphosidae, Ischnocolinae) from Venezuela. Revta Iberica Arachnol. 12: 13-16.
Revision of Cyriocosmus Simon, 1903, with notes on the genus Hapalopus Ausserer, 1875 (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Zootaxa 846: 1-31.
A new species in the spider genus Phormictopus (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae) from Cuba. Revista Iberica de Aracnologia 11 (30-VI-2005): 29-36.
Notes on the genus Iracema Pérez-Miles, 2000 with the first description of the male of I. horrida (Schmidt, 1994) (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Zootaxa 362: 1-8.
The first mygalomorph spider without spermathecae: Sickius longibulbi, with a revalidation of Sickius (Araneae. Theraphosidae, Ischnocolinae). Journal of Arachnology 30: 519-526.
Revision, cladistic analysis, and zoogeography of Vitalius, Nhandu, and Proshapalopus; with notes on other theraphosine genera (Araneae, Theraphosidae). Arquivos de Zoologia 36: 265-356.
The Brazilian species of the spider genus Ephebopus Simon, 1892 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Aviculariinae), with description of E. uatuman n. sp. Mems Inst. Butantan 53: 161-166.