Vitalius

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Vitalius

Genus of spiders

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Vitalius is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described by S. Lucas, P. I. da Silva Jr. & Rogério Bertani in 1993.[2]

Diagnosis

They can be distinguished from other tarantulas by the lack of stridulating hairs on the prolateral side of coxa 1 and in the palpal bulb. By the absence of scopula on the side of femur 1, and metatarsus 1 closing between the male spur branches.[3]

Species

As of December 2023 it contains eleven species, found in Argentina and Brazil:[1]

  • Vitalius australis Galleti-Lima, Hamilton, Borges & Guadanucci, 2023 – Brazil
  • Vitalius buecherli Bertani, 2001 – Brazil
  • Vitalius chromatus (Schmidt, 2004) – Brazil
  • Vitalius dubius (Mello-Leitão, 1923) – Brazil
  • Vitalius lucasae Bertani, 2001 – Brazil
  • Vitalius nondescriptus (Mello-Leitão, 1926) – Brazil
  • Vitalius paranaensis Bertani, 2001 – Brazil, Argentina
  • Vitalius restinga Bertani, 2023 – Brazil
  • Vitalius sapiranga Bertani, 2023 – Brazil
  • Vitalius sorocabae (Mello-Leitão, 1923) (type) – Brazil
  • Vitalius vellutinus (Mello-Leitão, 1923) – Brazil
  • Vitalius wacketi – Brazil

In Synonymy

  • V. cephalopheus (Piza, 1944) = Vitalius vellutinus (Mello-Leitão, 1923)
  • V. cesteri (Mello-Leitão, 1923) = Vitalius dubius (Mello-Leitão, 1923)
  • V. communis (Piza, 1939) = Vitalius dubius (Mello-Leitão, 1923)
  • V. cucullatus (Mello-Leitão, 1923) = Vitalius dubius (Mello-Leitão, 1923)
  • V. exsul (Mello-Leitão, 1923) = Vitalius dubius (Mello-Leitão, 1923)
  • V. melanocephalus (Mello-Leitão, 1923) = Vitalius sorocabae (Mello-Leitão, 1923)
  • V. melloleitaoi = Vitalius nondescriptus (Mello-Leitão, 1926)
  • V. mus (Piza, 1944) = Vitalius dubius (Mello-Leitão, 1923)
  • V. piracicabensis (Piza, 1933) = Vitalius dubius (Mello-Leitão, 1923)
  • V. sylviae (Sherwood, Gabriel & Brescovit, 2023) = Vitalius sorocabae (Mello-Leitão, 1923)
  • V. urbanicola (Soares, 1941) = Vitalius dubius (Mello-Leitão, 1923)
  • V. ypiranguensis (Soares, 1941) = Vitalius dubius (Mello-Leitão, 1923)

Nomina dubia

  • V. platyomma (Mello-Leitão, 1923 - Brazil
  • V. rondoniensis (Mello-Leitão, 1923 - Brazil
  • V. tetracanthus (Mello-Leitão, 1923 - Brazil

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2023). "Gen. Vitalius Lucas, Silva & Bertani, 1993". World Spider Catalog Version 24.5. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  2. [2]
    Lucas, Sylvia; Silva Jr., Pedro Ismael da; Bertani, Rogério (1993). "Vitalius a new genus of the subfamily Theraphosinae Thorell, 1870 from Brazil (Araneae, Theraphosidae)". Spixiana. 16: 241–245.
  3. [3]
    Bertani, Rogério (2001-04-20). "Revision, cladistic analysis, and zoogeography of Vitalius, Nhandu, and Proshapalopus; with notes on other Theraphosine genera (Araneae, Theraphosidae)". Arquivos de Zoologia. 36 (3): 265–356. doi:10.11606/issn.2176-7793.v36i3p265-356. ISSN 2176-7793.

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