Pterinopelma sazimai Bertani, Nagahama & Fukushima, 2011
Brazil ♂♀IUCN Status
IUCN Red List Status
Taxonomy and History
Scientific Name : Pterinopelma sazimai
- Described By: Bertani, Nagahama & Fukushima, 2011
- Genus: Pterinopelma
- Etymology: The specific name is a patronym in honor of Dr. Ivan Sazima, an important Brazilian zoologist who was the first researcher to collect exemplars of this species in the decades of 1970 and 1980. These specimens remained as the sole exemplars of the species
- Common Name: Iridescent Blue Tarantula
- Original Type Locality: Brazil, state of Bahia, Andaraí, Parque Nacional da Chapada Diamantina (S12°46'9.21'' W41°28'6.79'')