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Vitalius sorocabae (Mello-Leitão, 1923)

Brazil ♂♀

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Taxonomy and History

Scientific Name : Vitalius sorocabae

Described By: (Mello-Leitão, 1923)
Researcher Profile: Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão
Genus: Vitalius
Common Name: Brazilian striped
Original Type Locality: holotype No. 123 (MZSP), col. E. F. Camargo, Sorocaba, Säo Paulo, Brazil

- Pamphobeteus sorocabae Mello-Leitão, 1923
- Pamphobeteus melanocephalus Mello-Leitão, 1923
- Vitalius sorocabae Lucas, Silva & Bertani, 1993

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Theraphosideas do Brasil

Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão ,1923

Rev. Mus. Paulista 13: 1-438 [p. 306, f. 51-55, 167]
- Acanthoscurria gomesiana, Lasiodora sternalis, Vitalius wacketi, Vitalius vellutinus, Vitalius roseus, Vitalius dubius, Sericopelma fallax, Proshapalopus anomalus, Plesiopelma rectimanum, Plesiopelma insulare, Phormictopus ribeiroi, Lasiodora cristata, Acanthoscurria juruenicola, Homoeomma montanum, Dolichothele exilis, Eupalaestrus spinosissimus, Cyrtopholis zorodes, Cyclosternum garbei, Avicularia juruensis, Acanthoscurria proxima, Acanthoscurria rhodothele, Acanthoscurria paulensis, Vitalius sorocabae

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