Pterinopelma sazimai
| Pterinopelma sazimai | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Pterinopelma |
| Species: | P. sazimai |
| Binomial name | |
| Pterinopelma sazimai Bertani, Nagahama & Fukushima, 2011 [1] | |
Pterinopelma sazimai (Common Name: Brazilian Blue or Sazimai's Tarantula) is a species of spider in the taxonomic classification of the tarantulas (Theraphosidae).[2] Iridescent blue in color, P. sazimai is native to an ecological island within the Chapada Diamantina National Park in Bahia, Brazil. In 2012, it became the first Brazilian species to appear on the International Institute for Species Exploration's Top 10 New Species list.[3] The specific epithet sazimai is named in honor of Dr. Ivan Sazima, a Brazilian zoologist who was the first to collect exemplars of the species. This species is endangered due to the destruction of its habitat and overcollecting for the pet trade in Brazil.
References
- ↑ Rogério Bertani, Roberto Hiroaki Nagahama & Caroline Sayuri Fukushima (2011). "Revalidation of Pterinopelma Pocock 1901 with description of a new species and the female of Pterinopelma vitiosum (Keyserling 1891) (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae)" (PDF full text). Zootaxa 2814: 1–18. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
- ↑ Norman I. Platnick (2012). "The World Spider Catalog, Version 12.5". American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.iz.0001. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
- ↑ International Institute for Species Exploration. "Top 10 New Species - 2012". Arizona State University. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
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