Tekoapora

Tekoapora is a monotypic genus of spiders in the family Theraphosidae. It contains the single species Tekoapora wacketi.^[2]

Tekoapora
T. wacketi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Theraphosidae
Genus:	Tekoapora Galleti-Lima, Hamilton, Borges & Guadanucci, 2023[1]
Species:	T. wacketi
Binomial name
Tekoapora wacketi (Mello-Leitão, 1923)[2]
Synonyms
Pterinopelma wacketi Mello-Leitão, 1923 Pamphobeteus insularis Mello-Leitão, 1923 Pamphobeteus masculus Piza, 1939 Pamphobeteus platyomma Bücherl, 1949 Pamphobeteus litoralis Piza, 1976 Vitalius platyomma Schmidt, 1993 Aphonopelma wacketi Schmidt, 1997 Vitalius wacketi Bertani, 2001

Distribution

T. wacketi is endemic to the highlands (up to 1,100 m above sea level) of the Espinhaço Mountain range and States of Minas Gerais and Bahia, Brazil.^[1]

Etymology

The genus name is derived from the Mbayá language term "tekoá porã" (meaning "good land"), which the Mbayá people originally used to refer to the Serra do Mar region.^[1]

The species is named after M. Wacket, who collected the male holotype in 1900.^[3]