This species is 45% complete

Plesiopelma insulare (Mello-Leitão, 1923)

Brazil ♂♀

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Taxonomy and History

Scientific Name : Plesiopelma insulare

Described By: (Mello-Leitão, 1923)
Researcher Profile: Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão
Genus: Plesiopelma

- Ceropelma insularis Mello-Leitão, 1923
- Magulla symmetrica Bücherl, 1949
- Ceropelma insulare Bücherl, 1957
- Ceropelma insularis Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1970
- Magulla symmetrica Lucas & Bücherl, 1973
- Magulla symmetrica Schmidt, 1986
- Ceropelma insulare Schmidt, 1986
- Ceropelma insulare Schmidt, 1993
- Cyclosternum symmetricum Schmidt, 1993
- Plesiopelma insulare Pérez-Miles et al., 1996
- Plesiopelma insulare Schmidt, 1997
- Cyclosternum symmetricum Schmidt, 1997
- Plesiopelma insulare Bertani, 2000
- Cyclosternum symmetricum Schmidt, 2003
- Plesiopelma insulare Schmidt, 2003
- Plesiopelma insulare Indicatti et al., 2008

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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, Phormictopus ribeiroi, Vitalius wacketi, Vitalius vellutinus, Vitalius roseus, Vitalius dubius, Sericopelma fallax, Proshapalopus anomalus, Plesiopelma rectimanum, Plesiopelma insulare, Lasiodora sternalis, Acanthoscurria juruenicola, Lasiodora cristata, Homoeomma montanum, Dolichothele exilis, Eupalaestrus spinosissimus, Cyclosternum garbei, Avicularia juruensis, Acanthoscurria proxima, Acanthoscurria rhodothele, Acanthoscurria paulensis, Vitalius sorocabae

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