First record of the genus Psalmopoeus (Araneae: Theraphosidae) in Brazil

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Abstract:We present the first record for the genus Psalmopoeus Pocock, 1895, in Brazil. A female of Psalmopoeus irminia Saager, 1994, was collected in Pacaraíma, state of Roraima, Brazil. This country now has records of all New World tarantula genera of the subfamily Aviculariinae.

New records of spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) from the state of Roraima, northern Brazil

“…Arachnids were collected through diurnal and nocturnal manual searches that did not follow any al. 2007;Santos 2007;Polotow & Brescovit 2008Rheims et al 2008;Rudloff & Weinmann 2010;Crews 2011;Piacentini 2011;Silva & Carico 2012;Costa & Ruiz 2014;Bertani et al 2016;Cabra-García & Brescovit 2016 ), all available on-line (World Spider Catalog 2017). Only specimens identified to the species level are listed here.…”

“…The states of Pará (e.g., Ricetti & Bonaldo 2008;Bonaldo et al 2009b) and Amazonas (e.g., Höfer & Brescovit 2001;Adis et al 2002;Bonaldo et al 2009a;Dias & Bonaldo 2012) concentrate most of the published spider inventories, collaborating for such heterogeneous knowledge. Additionally, in the last 15 years, knowledge of spiders in the states of Roraima, Rondônia, Acre, and Amapá has increased mainly through taxonomic papers (e.g., Polotow & Brescovit 2008;Abrahim et al 2012;Ruiz & Brescovit 2013;Rodrigues 2013;Paula et al 2014;Costa & Ruiz 2014;Bertani et al 2016), but no lists of spider species have been published or updated.…”