Bumba tapajos Lucas, Passanha & Brescovit, 2020

Described by Antonio Domingos Brescovit, Sylvia Marlene Lucas, Victor Passanha

♂ Male described

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Original Description

Lucas, S. M., Passanha, V. & Brescovit, A. D. (2020). New combination and redescription of Bumba humile, description of four new species and new records from Brazil (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae). Zoologia 37: 1-17.

Distribution

Brazil

Type Locality: Floresta Nacional do Tapajós, Belterra, Pará, Brazil

Adult Male Activity

Collection months of 3 adult male specimen records, against the rainfall where they live

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Adult males collected

All 3 were collected in October 2011, so the bars show when collecting took place, not when males are active.

Mean monthly rainfall and temperature 2001–2020 near the type locality. MERRA-2 via NASA POWER, for a grid cell averaging 156 m. Wet and dry seasons, from the rainfall at the locality itself.

Etymology

The species epithet is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality

Specimen Records (3)

IBSP 218933 ♂ Type Brazil

Floresta Nacional do Tapajós, Belterra, Pará, Brazil

October 2011 · col. A.D. Brescovit et al

IBSP 213497 ♂ Brazil

BRAZIL, Pará: Belterra, Floresta Nacional do Tapajós

October 2011 · col. A.D. Brescovit et al

IBSP 218931 ♂ Brazil

Floresta Nacional do Tapajós, Belterra, Pará, Brazil

October 2011 · col. A.D. Brescovit et al

Bibliography (1)

Lucas, S. M., Passanha, V. & Brescovit, A. D. (2020). New combination and redescription of Bumba humile, description of four new species and new records from Brazil (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae). Zoologia 37: 1-17.
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