Tmesiphantes hypogeus sp. nov. (Araneae, Theraphosidae), the first troglobitic tarantula from Brazil

Author:

Bertani Rogério1,Bichuette Maria Elina2,Pedroso Denis R.3

Affiliation:

1. Instituto Butantan, Brasil

2. Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Brasil

3. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Abstract

A new species of Tmesiphantes Simon, 1892, is described from sandstone/quartizitic caves of Chapada Diamantina, Bahia State, Brazil. This is the fifth species of the genus and the first record of a troglobitic mygalomorph in Brazil. A key is presented for all Tmesiphantes species.

Publisher

FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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