Typhochlaena curumim Bertani, 2012
Brazil ♀IUCN Status
IUCN Red List Status
Taxonomy and History
Scientific Name : Typhochlaena curumim
- Described By: Bertani, 2012
- Genus: Typhochlaena
- Etymology: The specific nameis derived fromthe Brazilian indigenous Tupi language, meaning “child”. It refers to the local children that found the type specimens high in a tree in Areia, State of Paraíba, Brazil, during an arachnological expedition.
- Original Type Locality: Holotype female, Brazil, Paraíba, Areia, Reserva Ecológica Estadual Mata do Pau-Ferro [6°58'S, 35°42'W], 500 m a.s.l., under tree bark, A.D. Brescovit, R. Bertani, A.B.Bonaldo, S.C.Dias, September 1999 (IBSP 8701)