Iridopelma

Iridopelma

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Theraphosoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Mygalomorphae Superfamilia: Theraphosoidea

Familia: Theraphosidae
Subfamilia: Aviculariinae
Genus: Iridopelma

Species: I. hirsutum – I. katiae – I. marcoi – I. oliveirai – I. vanini – I. zorodes

Name

Iridopelma Pocock, 1901c: 549

Type species: Iridopelma hirsutum Pocock, 1901 by original designation.

Synonymy

• Iridopelma Pocock, 1901: 549; Raven, 1985: 119; Smith, 1993: 15, figs. 1–10; Platnick 2012.
• Avicularia Simon, 1903: 960 [in part: Avicularia hirsuta]; Schmidt, 1986: 61, figs. 109–110.
• Typhochlaena Mello-Leitão, 1923: 332 [in part: Typhochlaena pococki, superfluous new name].

References

• Pocock, R.I. 1901c: Some new and old genera of South American Avicularidae. Annals and magazine of natural history, (7)8: 540–555.

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• Platnick, N. I. 2008. The World Spider Catalog, version 9.0. American Museum of Natural History. [1]
• Bertani, R. 2012: Revision, cladistic analysis and biogeography of Typhochlaena C. L. Koch, 1850, Pachistopelma Pocock, 1901 and Iridopelma Pocock, 1901 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Aviculariinae). ZooKeys, 230: 1–94. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.230.3500 Reference page.