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Genus: Plesiopelma Pocock, 1901 | Family: Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869

Plesiopelma imperatrix Piza, 1976

SPECIES | NOMEN DUBIUM

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002329

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Described:

Distribution: Brazil

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Holotype: Instituto Butantan, São Paulo (IBSP), Brazil f (lost during fire) - (Sherwood, 2024b)

Taxonomic References

Plesiopelma imperatrix Piza, 1976a: 3, f. 1 (Df) Original description

Eurypelma imperatrix Brignoli, 1983c: 137 (T due to generic S of Eurypelma, but that S rejected by Raven, 1985a: 157)

Citharacanthus imperatrix Platnick, 1993c: 103 (T due to generic S of Plesiopelma, but that S rejected by Pérez-Miles et al., 1996: 55)

Plesiopelma imperatrix Sherwood, 2024b: 199 (type lost, unidentifiable, nomen dubium)

References

Brignoli, P. M. (1983c). A catalogue of the Araneae described between 1940 and 1981. Manchester University Press, 755 pp. -- Show included taxa

Piza Jr., S. de T. (1976a). Uma nova aranha migalomorfa do Brasil (Theraphosidae). Revista de Agricultura, Piracicaba 51: 3-4. -- Show included taxa

Platnick, N. I. (1993c). Advances in spider taxonomy 1988-1991, with synonymies and transfers 1940-1980. New York Entomological Society New York, 846 pp. -- Show included taxa

Sherwood, D. (2024b). Studies on spider nomenclature – I: miscellaneous notes on unrecognisable species, new synonyms, and untenable subspecies (Araneae: Araneomorphae). The Indochina Entomologist 1(23): 189-235. doi: 10.70590/ice.2024.01.23 -- Show included taxa

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-01-02	Taxon is nomen dubium	Sherwood, 2024b		Plesiopelma imperatrix Piza, 1976 declared a nomen dubium
2025-01-02	New taxonomic reference entry	Sherwood, 2024b