Vitriemboli

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Vitriemboli
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Vitriemboli
Peñaherrera-R., Ríos-Tamayo, Sherwood, Gabriel, Guerrero-Campoverde, León-E., Mora-Bolaños & Cisneros-Heredia, 2025 [1]
Type species
V. diaguita
Ríos-Tamayo, Peñaherrera-R., Sherwood, Guerrero-Campoverde, León-E., Mora-Bolaños, Gabriel & Cisneros-Heredia, 2025
Species

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Vitriemboli is a genus of spiders in the family Theraphosidae. [2]

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Distribution

The genus Vitriemboli is found in Argentina and Bolivia. [2]

Etymology

The genus name is a combination of Latin vitreus "glass" and embolus, referring to the Prince Rupert's drop shape of the male palpal bulb. V. diaguita honors the indigenous Diaguita people. [1] V. herzogi honors ornithologist Sebastian K. Herzog, one of the collectors. [3]

Species

As of January 2026, this genus includes two species: [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Peñaherrera-R., P.; Mora-Bolaños, J.; Guerrero-Campoverde, A.; León-E., R. J.; Ríos-Tamayo, D.; Gabriel, R.; Sherwood, D.; Cisneros-Heredia, D. F. (2025). "A new species of Reversopelma Schmidt, 2001 from Ecuador, and two new tarantula genera from Argentina, Bolivia, and Colombia (Araneae: Theraphosidae)". Arachnology. 20: 462–472. doi:10.13156/arac.2024.20.3.14.
  2. 1 2 3 "Gen. Vitriemboli Peñaherrera-R., Ríos-Tamayo, Sherwood, Gabriel, Guerrero-Campoverde, León-E., Mora-Bolaños & Cisneros-Heredia, 2025". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2026-01-22.
  3. ↑ Gabriel, R.; Sherwood, D.; Pérez-Miles, F. (2023). "Four new species and two new genera of theraphosid spider from Bolivia (Araneae: Theraphosidae)". Arachnology. 19: 944–951. doi:10.13156/arac.2023.19.6.944.


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