Tekoapora

Tekoapora
T. wacketi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Theraphosidae
Genus:	Tekoapora Galleti-Lima, Hamilton, Borges & Guadanucci, 2023 [1]
Species:	T. wacketi
Binomial name
Tekoapora wacketi (Mello-Leitão, 1923) [2]
Synonyms
Pterinopelma wacketiMello-Leitão, 1923 Pamphobeteus insularisMello-Leitão, 1923 Pamphobeteus masculusPiza, 1939 Pamphobeteus platyommaBücherl, 1949 Pamphobeteus litoralisPiza, 1976 Vitalius platyommaSchmidt, 1993 Aphonopelma wacketiSchmidt, 1997 Vitalius wacketiBertani, 2001

Tekoapora is a monotypic genus of spiders in the family Theraphosidae containing the single species, Tekoapora wacketi. ^[2]

Distribution

Tekoapora wacketi is endemic to the highlands (up 1,100 m above sea level) of the Espinhaço Mountain range and States of Minas Gerais and Bahia, Brazil. ^[1]

Etymology

"tekoá porã" ("good land") is the way the Mbayá, the original people, refer to the Serra do Mar region. ^[1]

The species is named after M. Wacket, who collected the male holotype in 1900. ^[3]

References

1. 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 1177627: 1–19. Bibcode:2023FrEEv..1177627G. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2023.1177627 .
2. "Gen. Tekoapora Galleti-Lima, Hamilton, Borges & Guadanucci, 2023". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-28.
3. Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1923). "Theraphosideas do Brasil". Revista do Museu Paulista. 13: 1–438.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Tekoapora at iNaturalist