Proshapalopus

Proshapalopus is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1923.[2]

Proshapalopus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Proshapalopus
Mello-Leitão, 1923[1]
Type species
P. anomalus
Mello-Leitão, 1923
Species

4, see text

Species

As of May 2020 it contains four species, found in Colombia and Brazil:[1]

  • Proshapalopus amazonicus Bertani, 2001 – Brazil
  • Proshapalopus anomalus Mello-Leitão, 1923 (type) – Brazil
  • Proshapalopus marimbai Perafán & Valencia-Cuéllar, 2018 – Colombia
  • Proshapalopus multicuspidatus (Mello-Leitão, 1929) – Brazil

See also

References
  1. "Gen. Proshapalopus Mello-Leitão, 1923". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  2. Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1923). "Theraphosideas do Brasil". Revista do Museu Paulista. 13: 1–438.


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