Bumba horrida (Schmidt, 1994)

♀ Female described ♂ Male described

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Original Description

Schmidt, G. (1994). Eine neue Paraphysa-Art aus Brasilien (Araneida: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae), Paraphysa horrida sp. n. Arachnologisches Magazin 2(12): 1-7.

Distribution

VenezuelaBrazil

Adult Male Activity

Collection months of 9 adult male specimen records, against the rainfall where they live

Adult males collected

Of 9 adult males, 4 of 9 (44%) fall in the six wettest months, and 5 of 9 (56%) in the six warmest. Collections peak in June.

Mean monthly rainfall and temperature 2001–2020 near the type locality, Venezuela, Brazil. MERRA-2 via NASA POWER, for a grid cell averaging 73 m. Wet and dry seasons, from the rainfall at the locality itself.

Specimen Records (18)

INPA 0056 ♂ Type Brazil

Ilha de Maracá, Amajari, Roraima, Brazil

July 1987 · col. Steve Bowles

pit-fall traps

SMF 38040 ♀ Type Brazil

Northern Brazil

col. Rechtsteiner

IBSP 10124 ♀ Brazil

Manaus, Fucada, km 38 BR 174, Amazonas, Brazil

January 1987 · col. Francisco A. Neo

IBSP 10116 ♀ Brazil

Brazil, Amazonas: Presidente Figueiredo, Usina Hidrelétrica de Balbina

November 1987 · col. Equipe de Resgate de Fauna

IBSP 10122 ♀ Brazil

Brazil, Amazonas: Presidente Figueiredo, Usina Hidrelétrica de Balbina

November 1987 · col. Equipe de Resgate de Fauna

IBSP 10126 ♀ Brazil

razil, Amazonas: Presidente Figueiredo, Usina Hidrelétrica de Balbina

November 1987 · col. Equipe de Resgate de Fauna

IBSP 8540 & 10123 ♂ Brazil

Brazil, Amazonas: Presidente Figueiredo, Usina Hidrelétrica de Balbina

December 1987 · col. Equipe de Resgate de Fauna

immature males

IBSP 10125 & IBSP 10127 ♂ Brazil

Brazil, Amazonas: Presidente Figueiredo, Usina Hidrelétrica de Balbina

December 1987 · col. Equipe de Resgate de Fauna

IBSP 10118, IBSP 10119 juvenile Brazil

Manaus, Fucada, km 38 BR174

March 1987 · col. F. A. Neo

immature males

IBSP 10117 ♂ Brazil

Manaus, Fucada, km 38 BR174

March 1987 · col. F. A. Neo

IBSP 10121 ♀ Brazil

Manaus, Caracaraí, km 30 INPA

June 1987 · col. H. Hoefer

IBSP 10115 juvenile Brazil

Brazil, Amazonas: Presidente Figueiredo, Usina Hidrelétrica de Balbina

February 1988 · col. Equipe de Resgate de Fauna

immature male

IBSP 4932 ♀ Brazil

Brazil, Amazonas: Presidente Figueiredo, Usina Hidrelétrica de Balbina

July 1988 · col. P. E. Vanzolini

IBSP 10120 ♂ Brazil

Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

January 1991 · col. Maria E. E. S. Oliveira

IBSP 229496, IBSP 229493, IBSP 229495, IBSP 229494 ♂ Brazil

BRAZIL, Roraima: Cantá, Serra Grande

June 2014 · col. J. Cabra, L. Carvalho and M. Schneider

IBSP 229497 ♂ Brazil

BRAZIL, Roraima: Cantá, Serra Grande

June 2014 · col. J. Cabra, L. Carvalho and M. Schneider

2 males and 1 female

IBSP 247389-247392 ♂ Brazil

Amajari, Ilha de Maracá

October 2019 · col. F.L. Franco

7 males 2 females 11 imm

IBSP 247393 ♂ Brazil

BRAZIL, Roraima: Alto Alegre

October 2019 · col. F.L. Franco

2 males 1 female 2 imm

Taxonomic History

1994
Paraphysa horrida Schmidt, 1994

Bibliography (1)

Schmidt, G. (1994). Eine neue Paraphysa-Art aus Brasilien (Araneida: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae), Paraphysa horrida sp. n. Arachnologisches Magazin 2(12): 1-7.