Vitalius

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]

Vitalius
Vitalius wacketi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Vitalius
Lucas, Silva & Bertani, 1993[1]
Type species
V. sorocabae
Species

10, see text

Species

As of May 2020 it contains ten species, found in Argentina and Brazil:[1]

  • Vitalius buecherli Bertani, 2001 – Brazil
  • Vitalius dubius (Mello-Leitão, 1923) – Brazil
  • Vitalius longisternalis Bertani, 2001 – Brazil, Argentina
  • Vitalius lucasae Bertani, 2001 – Brazil
  • Vitalius nondescriptus (Mello-Leitão, 1926) – Brazil
  • Vitalius paranaensis Bertani, 2001 – Brazil, Argentina
  • Vitalius roseus (Mello-Leitão, 1923) – Brazil, Argentina
  • Vitalius sorocabae (Mello-Leitão, 1923) (type) – Brazil
  • Vitalius vellutinus (Mello-Leitão, 1923) – Brazil
  • Vitalius wacketi (Mello-Leitão, 1923) – Brazil

Formerly included:

  • V. vulpinus Schmidt, 1998 (Transferred to Nhandu)

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. insularis (Mello-Leitão, 1923) = Vitalius wacketi (Mello-Leitão, 1923)
  • V. litoralis = Vitalius wacketi (Mello-Leitão, 1923)
  • V. masculus (Piza, 1939) = Vitalius wacketi (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. urbanicola (Soares, 1941) = Vitalius dubius (Mello-Leitão, 1923)
  • V. ypiranguensis (Soares, 1941) = Vitalius dubius (Mello-Leitão, 1923)

Nomina dubia

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

References
  1. "Gen. Vitalius Lucas, Silva & Bertani, 1993". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  2. Lucas, S.; Silva Jr., P. I. da; Bertani, R. (1993). "Vitalius a new genus of the subfamily Theraphosinae Thorell, 1870 from Brazil (Araneae, Theraphosidae)". Spixiana. 16: 241–245.

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