Arboriticus celsoi Borges & Bertani, 2025

Described by Rogério Bertani, Leandro Malta Borges

♀ Female described ♂ Male described

Female © Borges et al. (2025), fig. 76, live female CAD 1648 at Parque Nacional do Itatiaia

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Original Description

Borges, L. M., Abegg, A. D., Paladini, A. & Bertani, R. (2025). A new genus and five new species of arboreal tarantulas (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from Brazil. Zootaxa 5679(4): 521-551.

Distribution

Brazil

Type Locality: BRAZIL, Minas Gerais, Juiz de Fora

Adult Male Activity

Collection months of 2 adult male specimen records, against the rainfall where they live

Adult males collected

Mean monthly rainfall and temperature 2001–2020 near where these males were collected, Brazil. MERRA-2 via NASA POWER, for a grid cell averaging 698 m. Wet and dry seasons, from the rainfall at the locality itself.

Etymology

A patronym honouring the Brazilian biologist Celso Rios, who collected the types.

Specimen Records (3)

MZUSP 78856 ♂ Holotype Brazil

Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais

February 2015 · col. C. Rios

Holotype male of Arboriticus celsoi, type species of the genus.

MNRJ 12945 ♂ Paratype Brazil

Serra dos Orgaos, Estrada do Garrafao, Guapimirim, 730 m a.s.l., Rio de Janeiro

March 2003 · col. A. C. Caparelli

Paratype male of Arboriticus celsoi.

MZUSP 78857 ♀ Paratype Brazil

Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais

February 2015 · col. C. Rios

Paratype female of Arboriticus celsoi, same data as the holotype.

Bibliography (1)

Borges, L. M., Abegg, A. D., Paladini, A. & Bertani, R. (2025). A new genus and five new species of arboreal tarantulas (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from Brazil. Zootaxa 5679(4): 521-551.