Plesiopelma insulare (Mello-Leitão, 1923)

♀ Female described ♂ Male described

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Original Description

Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1923). Theraphosideas do Brasil. Rev. Mus. Paulista 13: 1-438 [p. 306, f. 51-55, 167].

Distribution

Brazil

Taxonomic History

1923
Ceropelma insularis Mello-Leitão, 1923
1996
Pérez-Miles et al. (1996) made Ceropelma a junior synonym of Plesiopelma, moving this species to Plesiopelma; they figured the holotype male's bulb (MZSP 446).

Bibliography (2)

Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1923). Theraphosideas do Brasil. Rev. Mus. Paulista 13: 1-438 [p. 306, f. 51-55, 167].

Pérez-Miles, F. (1996). Systematic revision and cladistic analysis of Theraphosinae (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Mygalomorph 1: 33-68.