Vitalius 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.
Species
female V. buecherli
V. lucasae
male V. nondescriptus
As of October 2025 [ update]
Vitalius australis Galleti-Lima, Hamilton, Borges & Guadanucci, 2023 – Brazil Vitalius buecherli Bertani, 2001 – BrazilVitalius dubius (Mello-Leitão , 1923) – BrazilVitalius lucasae Bertani, 2001 – BrazilVitalius ornatissimus Bertani & Motta, 2024 – BrazilVitalius paranaensis Bertani, 2001 – Brazil, Argentina Vitalius restinga Bertani, 2023 – BrazilVitalius sapiranga Bertani, 2023 – BrazilVitalius sorocabae (Mello-Leitão, 1923) – Brazil (type species)Vitalius vellutinus (Mello-Leitão, 1923) – Brazil
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)
V. platyomma (Mello-Leitão, 1923) - BrazilV. rondoniensis (Mello-Leitão, 1923) - BrazilV. tetracanthus (Mello-Leitão, 1923) - Brazil References
1 2 3 "Gen. Vitalius Lucas, Silva & Bertani, 1993" . World Spider Catalog. doi :10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2026-06-09 .↑ 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. ↑ 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 (inactive 12 July 2025). ISSN 2176-7793 . {{cite journal }}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of July 2025 (link )↑ 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
