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Tmesiphantes caymmii

2007
Brazil
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♂
IUCN Status

Type Locality : Male holotype from Poções, Bahia, Brazil, 03.VII. 2002, A. Zanotti leg. (IBSP 11311)

Etymology : The species is named in honor of Dorival Caymmi, song writer and singer of brazilian popular music, natural from the state of Bahia.

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Male Activity

The genus Tmesiphantes Simon, 1892 is revised. The type-species, T. nubilus Simon, 1892, is redescribed and three new species are described from the state of Bahia, Brazil: T. amadoi sp. nov., T. bethaniae sp. nov. and T. caymmii sp. nov. In addition, Tmesiphanthes physopus Mello-Leitão, 1926 and T. minensis Mello-Leitão, 1943 are transferred to Plesiopelma Pocock, 1901. T. chickeringi is considered species inquirenda.
Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 24: 971-980

Habitat and Type Locality