Vitalius vellutinus (Mello-Leitão, 1923)

Brazil ♂♀

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Taxonomy and History

Scientific Name : Vitalius vellutinus

Described By: (Mello-Leitão, 1923)
Researcher Profile: Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão
Genus: Vitalius
Common Name: Sao Paulo olive brown
Original Type Locality: holotype male from Sao Paulo, Brazil, in MNRJ 39,

- Pterinopelma vellutinum Mello-Leitão, 1923
- Pamphobeteus cephalopheus Piza, 1944
- Pamphobeteus cephalopeus Brignoli, 1983
- Vitalius vellutinus Bertani, 2001

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Theraphosideas do Brasil

Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão ,1923

Rev. Mus. Paulista 13: 1-438 [p. 306, f. 51-55, 167]
- Acanthoscurria gomesiana, Phormictopus ribeiroi, Vitalius wacketi, Vitalius vellutinus, Vitalius roseus, Vitalius dubius, Sericopelma fallax, Proshapalopus anomalus, Plesiopelma rectimanum, Plesiopelma insulare, Lasiodora sternalis, Acanthoscurria juruenicola, Lasiodora cristata, Homoeomma montanum, Dolichothele exilis, Eupalaestrus spinosissimus, Cyclosternum garbei, Avicularia juruensis, Acanthoscurria rhodothele, Acanthoscurria paulensis, Vitalius sorocabae

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