Theraphosa apophysis (Tinter, 1991)

Common name: Pink Foot Goliath

♀ Female described ♂ Male described

Female

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Original Description

Tinter, A. (1991). Eine neue Vogelspinne aus Venezuela Pseudotheraphosa apophysis n. gen. n. sp. (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae). Arachnologischer Anzeiger 16: 6-10.

Distribution

Venezuela

Adult Male Activity

Collection months of 1 adult male specimen record, against the rainfall where they live

Adult males collected

Mean monthly rainfall and temperature 2001–2020 near the type locality, Venezuela. MERRA-2 via NASA POWER, for a grid cell averaging 425 m. Wet and dry seasons, from the rainfall at the locality itself.

Specimen Records (2)

INPA-ARA 008802 ♂ Brazil

Brazil: Amazonas: São Gabriel da Cachoeira

July 1994 · col. J. Carlos and F.J.C Prestes

PCRR Venezuela

Puerto Ayacucho, Amazonas State, Venezuela

Taxonomic History

1991
Pseudotheraphosa apophysis Tinter, 1991

Bibliography (2)

Tinter, A. (1991). Eine neue Vogelspinne aus Venezuela Pseudotheraphosa apophysis n. gen. n. sp. (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae). Arachnologischer Anzeiger 16: 6-10.

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

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