Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens (Strand, 1907)

Eurypelma cyaneopubescens Strand, 1907: 35; Roewer, 1942: 238.

Delopelma cyaneopubescens Petrunkevitch, 1939: 252 .

Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens Schmidt, 1995: 25; Schmidt & Herzig, 1997: 12, f. 1-2; Schmidt, 1997: 15, f. 23-24; Schmidt 2000: 11, f. 1.

Proshapalopus variegatus Caporiacco, 1955: 281; Huber, Samm & Schmidt, 1996: 42; Rudloff 1997: 5; N. Syn.

Metriopelma variegata: Bertani 2001: 286.

Hapalopus variegatus: Gabriel 2016: 86.

(Fig. 6)

Type material. Holotype female of Proshapalopus variegatus Caporiacco, 1955, from Venezuela, Falcon, Santa Ana, Marcuzzi col., X-1948, deposited at UCV XII-529, examined.

Remarks. The holotype of Proshapalopus variegatus Caporiacco, 1955 is a small female having a single fused spermatheca (Fig. 6A), a faded pattern of dark stripes on the abdomen dorsum and a central spot with urticating setae (Fig. 6B). It is possible to see two dark spots on the dorsal anterior area of the abdomen connected by a narrow dark band (Fig. 6B), a pattern unusual in theraphosids. These characters match with those found in females of Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens which are endemic to the region of the type locality of P. variegatus, Santa Ana, in the Paraguana Peninsula in the State of Falcon, Venezuela. Therefore, Proshapalopus variegatus Caporiacco, 1955 is herein considered a junior synonym of Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens (Strand 1907) .