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.Species
it contains ten species, found in Argentina and Brazil:
- Vitalius buecherli Bertani, 2001 – Brazil
- Vitalius dubius – Brazil
- Vitalius longisternalis Bertani, 2001 – Brazil, Argentina
- Vitalius lucasae Bertani, 2001 – Brazil
- Vitalius nondescriptus – Brazil
- Vitalius paranaensis Bertani, 2001 – Brazil, Argentina
- Vitalius roseus – Brazil, Argentina
- Vitalius sorocabae – Brazil
- Vitalius vellutinus – Brazil
- Vitalius wacketi – Brazil
Formerly included:
In synonymy:
- V. cephalopheus = Vitalius vellutinus
- V. cesteri = Vitalius dubius
- V. communis = Vitalius dubius
- V. cucullatus = Vitalius dubius
- V. exsul = Vitalius dubius
- V. insularis = Vitalius wacketi
- V. litoralis = Vitalius wacketi
- V. masculus = Vitalius wacketi
- V. melanocephalus = Vitalius sorocabae
- V. melloleitaoi = Vitalius nondescriptus
- V. mus = Vitalius dubius
- V. piracicabensis = Vitalius dubius
- V. urbanicola = Vitalius dubius
- V. ypiranguensis = Vitalius dubius
Nomina dubia
- V. platyomma (Mello-Leitão, 1923
- V. rondoniensis (Mello-Leitão, 1923
- V. tetracanthus (Mello-Leitão, 1923
