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Tmesiphantes

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Tmesiphantes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Subfamily: Theraphosinae
Genus: Tmesiphantes
Simon, 1892[1]
Type species
T. nubilus
Simon, 1892
Species

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Synonyms[1]
  • Magulla Simon, 1892
  • Melloleitaoina Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1960

Tmesiphantes is a genus of Brazilian tarantulas in the subfamily Theraphosinae that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892.[1][2] The genera Magulla and Melloleitaoina were brought into synonymy in 2019.[1][3]

Species

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As of August 2022 it contains 22 species, found in Brazil and Argentina:[1]

Formerly included:

  • T. elegans Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1958 (Transferred to Homoeomma)
  • T. serratus Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1958 (Transferred to Homoeomma)
  • T. spinopalpus Schaefer, 1996 (Transferred to Cyclosternum)

Nomen dubium

  • T. chickeringi Caporiacco, 1955

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Gen. Tmesiphantes Simon, 1892". World Spider Catalog Version 21.5. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
  2. ^ Simon, E. (1892). "Etudes arachnologiques. 24e Mémoire. XXXIX. Descriptions d'espèces et de genres nouveaux de la famille des Aviculariidae (suite)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 61: 271–284. doi:10.1080/21686351.1892.12278480.
  3. ^ Fabiano-da-Silva, W.; Guadanucci, J.P.L. & DaSilva, M.B. (2019), "Taxonomy and phylogenetics of Tmesiphantes Simon, 1892 (Araneae, Theraphosidae)", Systematics and Biodiversity, 17 (7): 650–668, Bibcode:2019SyBio..17..650F, doi:10.1080/14772000.2019.1685021, S2CID 213786373