Family: Theraphosidae

World Spider Catalog Archive Version 26, generated on 2026-02-02

Vitriembolus Peñaherrera-R., Ríos-Tamayo, Sherwood, Gabriel, Guerrero-Campoverde, León-E., Mora-Bolaños & Cisneros-Heredia, 2025

GENUS |   ACCEPTED

N.B.: originally spelled Vitriemboli, emended here to Vitriembolus, because it must be a noun in nominative singular (according to ICZN article 11.8), emboli would be genitive case or plural.

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06428

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Last updated: 2026-02-07

Species counts

ACCEPTED: 2

Taxonomic Reference
Original description Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025b: 469 type Vitriembolus diaguita Ríos-Tamayo, Peñaherrera-R., Sherwood, Guerrero-Campoverde, León-E., Mora-Bolaños, Gabriel & Cisneros-Heredia, 2025; gender masculine
Reference

Peñaherrera-R., P., Mora-Bolaños, J., Guerrero-Campoverde, A., León-E., R. J., Ríos-Tamayo, D., Gabriel, R., Sherwood, D. & Cisneros-Heredia, D. F. (2025b). A new species of Reversopelma Schmidt, 2001 from Ecuador, and two new tarantula genera from Argentina, Bolivia, and Colombia (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology 20(3): 462-472. doi: 10.13156/arac.2024.20.3.14 -- Show included taxa

Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2026-02-07 Genus updated Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025b Old value
2025-11-02 New genus inserted Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025b

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