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Typhochlaena curumim

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Typhochlaena curumim
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Typhochlaena
Species:
T. curumin
Binomial name
Typhochlaena curumin
Bertani, 2012[1]

Typhochlaena curumim is a species of tarantula, that is native to Mata do Pau-Ferro, Areia, in the state of Paraíba, Brazil. It is a member of the subfamily Aviculariinae.[2]

Etymology

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The specific name is derived from the Brazilian indigenous Tupi language, meaning "child". It refers to the local children that found the type specimens high in a tree in Areia, State of Paraíba, Brazil, during an arachnological expedition.[2]

Characteristics

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Typhochlaena curumim is only known from the female. It has a brown cephalothorax and legs, but the abdomen is metallic yellowish-green with a black dorsum with five black stripes extending laterally. It is characterized by the spermatheca, which is wide at the basal region but thins to a single or bifid spiralled region.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Taxon details Typhochlaena curumim Bertani, 2012", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-03-10
  2. ^ a b c Bertani, R. (2012), "Revision, cladistic analysis and biogeography of Typhochlaena C. L. Koch, 1850, Pachistopelma Pocock, 1901 and Iridopelma Pocock, 1901 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Aviculariinae)", ZooKeys (230): 1–94, Bibcode:2012ZooK..230....1B, doi:10.3897/zookeys.230.3500, PMC 3494022, PMID 23166476