Open AccessFirst record of the genus Psalmopoeus (Araneae: Theraphosidae) in Brazil
Author(s) -
Rogério Bertani,
Arthur de Sena Santos,
Arthur Diesel Abbeg,
Flora Roncolatto Ortiz,
Marco Antônio de Freitas
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.276
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1809-127X
DOI - 10.15560/12.2.1860
Subject(s) - subfamily , genus , zoology , geography , biology , archaeology , biochemistry , gene
We present the first record for the genus Psalmopoeus Pocock, 1895, in Brazil. A female of Psalmopoeus irminia Saager, 1994, was collected in Pacaraima, state of Roraima, Brazil. This country now has records of all New World tarantula genera of the subfamily Aviculariinae.
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