Tmesiphantes mirim Fabiano-da-Silva et al., 2015

Described by José Paulo Leite Guadanucci, Willian Fabiano-da-Silva, Márcio Bernardino DaSilva

♂ Male described

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Original Description

Fabiano-da-Silva, W., Guadanucci, J. P. L. & DaSilva, M. B. (2015). Tmesiphantes mirim sp. nov. (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from the Atlantic Forest of Bahia, Brazil, biogeographical notes and identification keys for species of the genus. ZOOLOGIA 32 (2): 151–156.

Distribution

Brazil

Type Locality: Una Biological Reserve, southern state of Bahia, Brazil

Etymology

The specific epithet is a word in Tupi, a Brazilian indigenous language, meaning very small.

Bibliography (1)

Fabiano-da-Silva, W., Guadanucci, J. P. L. & DaSilva, M. B. (2015). Tmesiphantes mirim sp. nov. (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from the Atlantic Forest of Bahia, Brazil, biogeographical notes and identification keys for species of the genus. ZOOLOGIA 32 (2): 151–156.