Vitalius sorocabae (Mello-Leitão, 1923)

Common name: Brazilian striped

♀ Female described ♂ Male described

Female

Female

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

Type Locality: holotype No. 123 (MZSP), col. E. F. Camargo, Sorocaba, Säo Paulo, Brazil

Taxonomic History

1923
Pamphobeteus sorocabae Mello-Leitão, 1923
2026
Sherwood et al. (2026) reversed Bertani's (2023) synonymy of Nhandu sylviae with this species, which had been made without examination of the type material.

Bibliography (3)

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.

Sherwood, D., Gabriel, R., Peñaherrera-R., P. J., Brescovit, A. D. & Lucas, S. M. (2026). Redescription of Nhandu chromatus Schmidt, 2004 stat. rest. and revalidation of Nhandu sylviae Sherwood, Gabriel & Brescovit, 2023 stat. rest. (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology 20 (4): 519-526.