''Nhandu cerradensis'' is a

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of spider from the

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Nhandu ''Nhandu'' is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described by S. Lucas in 1983. ''Brazilopelma'' was synonymized with it in 2001. Diagnosis They can be distinguished by the lack of stridulating organs, extension of the scop ...

''. The species is originally described by

Rogério Bertani Rogério Bertani is a Brazilian arachnologist, active at the Butantan Institute. He is credited as one of the foremost specialists in Theraphosidae Tarantulas comprise a group of large and often hairy spiders of the family Theraphosidae. , ...

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.Nhandu cerradensis Bertani, 2001 in GBIF Secretariat (2019). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2021-03-27.

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* * Theraphosidae Taxa named by Rogério Bertani {{Tarantula-stub