Lasiocyano

Lasiocyano
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Lasiocyano
Galleti-Lima, Hamilton, Borges & Guadanucci, 2023[2]
Species:
L. sazimai
Binomial name
Lasiocyano sazimai
(Bertani, Nagahama & Fukushima, 2011)[1]
Synonyms[1]

Pterinopelma sazimai Bertani, Nagahama & Fukushima, 2011

Lasiocyano is a genus of tarantulas (family Theraphosidae).[2] As of June 2023, it was a monotypic genus with the sole species Lasiocyano sazimai,[3] synonym Pterinopelma sazimai,[1] known as the Brazilian blue, iridescent blue or Sazima's tarantula. The species was first described by Rogério Bertani, Roberto Hiroaki Nagahama and Caroline Sayuri Fukushima in 2011.[1][4] In 2012, it became the first Brazilian species to appear on the International Institute for Species Exploration's top 10 new species list.[5] The species name honors Ivan Sazima, a Brazilian zoologist who was the first to collect exemplars of the species. It is now considered an endangered species owing to smuggling and a shrinking habitat.

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  5. ^ Institute for Species Exploration. "Top 10 New Species - 2012". Arizona State University. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2012.