This species is 64% complete

Catanduba peruacu Yamamoto, Lucas & Brescovit, 2012

Brazil ♂♀

0.0/10 rating (0 votes)

IUCN Status

IUCN Red List Status

Catanduba peruacu

Photo by Flavio Yamamoto

Catanduba peruacu

Photo by Flavio Yamamoto

Contribute Spiderling Picture

Taxonomy and History

Scientific Name : Catanduba peruacu

Described By: Yamamoto, Lucas & Brescovit, 2012
Researcher Profile: Flávio Uemori Yamamoto, Sylvia Marlene Lucas, Antonio Domingos Brescovit
Genus: Catanduba
Etymology: The species epithet is a noun in apposition taken from type locality.
Original Type Locality: Januária, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Specimen Records

Click each taxon to expand and collapse

Adult Male Activity

Catanduba, a new Theraphosinae spider genus from Central Brazil (Araneae, Theraphosidae)

Flávio Uemori Yamamoto, Sylvia Marlene Lucas, Antonio Domingos Brescovit ,2012
A new genus, Catanduba, is proposed and supported on the cladistic analysis with the following synapomorphies: embolus tapering abruptly from half of the length, embolus tooth associated with PIK and a triangular basal nodule on male metatarsus I. Homoeomma simoni and Plesiopelma flavohirtum are transferred to Catanduba and five new species are described: C. tuskae, C. araguaia, C. piauiensis, C. canabrava and C. peruacu. The species occur mainly in central Brazil, in Cerrado areas, with some species also occurring in Atlantic forest (C. tuskae sp. n. ) and Caatinga (C. piauiensis sp. n. and C. peruacu sp. n.).
Zootaxa 3172: 1-19
- Catanduba araguia, Catanduba canabrava, Catanduba peruacu, Catanduba piauiensis, Catanduba tuskae

This species is mentioned in the following resources :

Habitat and Type Locality

Latest Described Species

Latest Bibliography