Vitalius

Vitalius is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described by S. Lucas, P. I. da Silva Jr. & Rogério Bertani in 1993.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Distribution
* 2 Diagnosis
* 3 Taxonomy
* 4 Species
* 4.1 In Synonymy
* 4.2 Nomina dubia
* 5 See also
* 6 References
* 7 External links

## Distribution

The described species are mainly endemic to Brazil, with V. paranaensis reaching into Argentina.[2]

## Diagnosis

They can be distinguished from other tarantulas by the lack of stridulating hairs on the prolateral side of coxa 1 and in the palpal bulb. By the absence of scopula on the side of femur 1, and metatarsus 1 closing between the male spur branches.[3]

## Taxonomy

V. wacketi was elevated to monotypic genus Tekoapora in 2023.[4]

## Species

* female V. buecherli

* V. chromatus

* V. lucasae

* male V. nondescriptus

As of October 2025[update], this genus includes eleven species:[2]

* Vitalius australis Galleti-Lima, Hamilton, Borges & Guadanucci, 2023 – Brazil
* Vitalius buecherli Bertani, 2001 – Brazil
* Vitalius chromatus (Schmidt, 2004) – Brazil
* Vitalius dubius (Mello-Leitão, 1923) – Brazil
* Vitalius lucasae Bertani, 2001 – Brazil
* Vitalius ornatissimus Bertani & Motta, 2024 – Brazil
* Vitalius paranaensis Bertani, 2001 – Brazil, Argentina
* Vitalius restinga Bertani, 2023 – Brazil
* Vitalius sapiranga Bertani, 2023 – Brazil
* Vitalius sorocabae (Mello-Leitão, 1923) – Brazil (type species)
* Vitalius vellutinus (Mello-Leitão, 1923) – Brazil

### In Synonymy

* V. cephalopheus (Piza, 1944) = Vitalius vellutinus (Mello-Leitão, 1923)
* V. cesteri (Mello-Leitão, 1923) = Vitalius dubius (Mello-Leitão, 1923)
* V. communis (Piza, 1939) = Vitalius dubius (Mello-Leitão, 1923)
* V. cucullatus (Mello-Leitão, 1923) = Vitalius dubius (Mello-Leitão, 1923)
* V. exsul (Mello-Leitão, 1923) = Vitalius dubius (Mello-Leitão, 1923)
* V. melanocephalus (Mello-Leitão, 1923) = Vitalius sorocabae (Mello-Leitão, 1923)
* V. melloleitaoi = Vitalius nondescriptus (Mello-Leitão, 1926)
* V. mus (Piza, 1944) = Vitalius dubius (Mello-Leitão, 1923)
* V. piracicabensis (Piza, 1933) = Vitalius dubius (Mello-Leitão, 1923)
* V. sylviae (Sherwood, Gabriel & Brescovit, 2023) = Vitalius sorocabae (Mello-Leitão, 1923)
* V. urbanicola (Soares, 1941) = Vitalius dubius (Mello-Leitão, 1923)
* V. ypiranguensis (Soares, 1941) = Vitalius dubius (Mello-Leitão, 1923)

### Nomina dubia

* V. platyomma (Mello-Leitão, 1923) \- Brazil
* V. rondoniensis (Mello-Leitão, 1923) \- Brazil
* V. tetracanthus (Mello-Leitão, 1923) \- Brazil

## See also

* List of Theraphosidae species

## References

1. ↑ Lucas, Sylvia; Silva Jr., Pedro Ismael da; Bertani, Rogério (1993). "Vitalius a new genus of the subfamily Theraphosinae Thorell, 1870 from Brazil (Araneae, Theraphosidae)". Spixiana 16: 241–245. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/65898.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Gen. Vitalius Lucas, Silva & Bertani, 1993". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3439. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
3. ↑ Bertani, Rogério (2001-04-20). "Revision, cladistic analysis, and zoogeography of Vitalius, Nhandu, and Proshapalopus; with notes on other Theraphosine genera (Araneae, Theraphosidae)". Arquivos de Zoologia 36 (3): 265–356. doi:10.11606/issn.2176-7793.v36i3p265-356. ISSN 2176-7793. https://www.revistas.usp.br/azmz/article/view/12020.
4. ↑ Galleti-Lima, A.; Hamilton, C. A.; Borges, L. M.; Guadanucci, J. P. L. (2023). "Phylogenomics of Lasiodoriforms: reclassification of the South American genus Vitalius Lucas, Silva and Bertani and allied genera (Araneae: Theraphosidae)". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11: 1–19. doi:10.3389/fevo.2023.1177627. Bibcode: 2023FrEEv..1177627G.

## External links

* {{Inaturalist taxon}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.

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