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Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão

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Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão (July 17, 1886 – December 14, 1948) was a Brazilian zoologist who is considered the founder of Arachnology in South America, publishing 198 papers on the taxonomy of Arachnida. [1]

27 relations: Amblypygi, Arachnid, Arachnology, Avicularia avicularia, Avicularia juruensis, Avicularia taunayi, Avicularia variegata, Biogeography, Brazilian Academy of Sciences, Ctenus vespertilio, Endemism, Grammostola porteri, Grammostola pulchra, Key gnaphosid spider, Lasiodora difficilis, Lasiodora parahybana, National Museum of Brazil, Opiliones, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Solifugae, South America, Spider, Taxonomy (biology), Thelyphonida, Zoology.

Amblypygi

Amblypygi is an ancient order of arachnid chelicerate arthropods also known as whip spiders and tailless whip scorpions (not to be confused with whip scorpions and vinegaroons that belong to the related order Thelyphonida).

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Arachnid

Arachnids are a class (Arachnida) of joint-legged invertebrate animals (arthropods), in the subphylum Chelicerata.

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Arachnology

Arachnology is the scientific study of spiders and related animals such as scorpions, pseudoscorpions, and harvestmen, collectively called arachnids.

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Avicularia avicularia

Avicularia avicularia, sometimes called the pinktoe tarantula, is a species of tarantula native from Costa Rica to Brazil and the southern Caribbean.

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Avicularia juruensis

Avicularia juruensis is a species of spider in the family Theraphosidae, found in South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil).

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Avicularia taunayi

Avicularia taunayi is a species of spider in the family Theraphosidae found in Brazil.

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Avicularia variegata

Avicularia variegata is a species of spider in the family Theraphosidae found in Venezuela and Brazil.

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Biogeography

Biogeography is the study of the distribution of species and ecosystems in geographic space and through geological time.

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Brazilian Academy of Sciences

The Brazilian Academy of Sciences (Academia Brasileira de Ciências or ABC) is the national academy of Brazil.

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Ctenus vespertilio

Ctenus vespertilio is a species of spider from the Ctenidae family.

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Endemism

Endemism is the ecological state of a species being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation, country or other defined zone, or habitat type; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.

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Grammostola porteri

Grammostola porteri, also known in the United States as the Chilean tarantula, is a common species of tarantula available in American and European pet stores today.

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Grammostola pulchra

Grammostola pulchra is a terrestrial tarantula native to Brazil and the north of Uruguay.

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Key gnaphosid spider

The Key gnaphosid spider (Cesonia irvingi) is a species of ground spider in the Gnaphosidae family.

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Lasiodora difficilis

Lasiodora difficilis, common name Brazilian red birdeater, is a species of tarantulas belonging to the family Theraphosidae.

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Lasiodora parahybana

Lasiodora parahybana, the Brazilian salmon pink bird-eating tarantula, also simply known as the salmon pink or LP, is a relatively large tarantula from north-eastern Brazil.

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National Museum of Brazil

The National Museum (Museu Nacional) is the oldest scientific institution of Brazil and one of the largest museums of natural history and anthropology in the Americas.

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Opiliones

The Opiliones or (formerly Phalangida) are an order of arachnids colloquially known as harvestmen, harvesters or daddy longlegs.

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Paraíba

Paraíba (Tupi: pa'ra a'íba: "bad for navigation") is a state of Brazil.

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Pernambuco

Pernambuco is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country.

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Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro (River of January), or simply Rio, is the second-most populous municipality in Brazil and the sixth-most populous in the Americas.

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Solifugae

Solifugae is an order of animals in the class Arachnida known variously as camel spiders, wind scorpions, sun spiders, or solifuges.

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South America

South America is a continent in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Spider

Spiders (order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom.

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Taxonomy (biology)

Taxonomy is the science of defining and naming groups of biological organisms on the basis of shared characteristics.

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Thelyphonida

Thelyphonida is an arachnid order comprising invertebrates commonly known as whip scorpions or vinegaroons (also spelled vinegarroons and vinegarones).

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Zoology

Zoology or animal biology is the branch of biology that studies the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct, and how they interact with their ecosystems.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cândido_Firmino_de_Mello-Leitão

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