World Spider Catalog

Genus: Arboriticus Borges & Bertani, 2025 | Family: Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869

Arboriticus petropolis Borges & Bertani, 2025

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065790

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Described:

Distribution: Brazil

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (MNRJ), Brazil m (13258) - (Borges et al., 2025)
Paratype: Instituto Butantan, São Paulo (IBSP), Brazil 1m (8523) - (Borges et al., 2025)

Taxonomic References

Arboriticus petropolis Borges & Bertani in Borges et al., 2025: 534, f. 30-37 (Dm) Original description

References

Borges, L. M., Abegg, A. D., Paladini, A. & Bertani, R. (2025). A new genus and five new species of arboreal tarantulas (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from Brazil. Zootaxa 5679(4): 521-551. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5679.4.4 -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-08-15	New taxonomic reference entry	Borges et al., 2025
2025-08-15	New species inserted	Borges et al., 2025

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