Tmesiphantes

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]

Tmesiphantes
Scientific classification
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

See text.

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

Species

As of July 2020 it contains the following species, found in Brazil and Argentina:[1]

  • Tmesiphantes amadoi Yamamoto, Lucas, Guadanucci & Indicatti, 2007 – Brazil
  • Tmesiphantes amazonicus Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2019 – Brazil
  • Tmesiphantes aridai Gonzalez-Filho, Brescovit & Lucas, 2014 – Brazil
  • Tmesiphantes bethaniae Yamamoto, Lucas, Guadanucci & Indicatti, 2007 – Brazil
  • Tmesiphantes brescoviti (Indicatti, Lucas, Guadanucci & Yamamoto, 2008) – Brazil
  • Tmesiphantes buecherli (Indicatti, Lucas, Guadanucci & Yamamoto, 2008) – Brazil
  • Tmesiphantes caymmii Yamamoto, Lucas, Guadanucci & Indicatti, 2007 – Brazil
  • Tmesiphantes crassifemur (Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1960) – Argentina
  • Tmesiphantes guayarus Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2019 – Brazil
  • Tmesiphantes hypogeus Bertani, Bichuette & Pedroso, 2013 – Brazil
  • Tmesiphantes janeira (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil
  • Tmesiphantes mirim Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2015 – Brazil
  • Tmesiphantes mutquina (Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014) – Argentina
  • Tmesiphantes nordestinus Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2019 – Brazil
  • Tmesiphantes nubilus Simon, 1892 (type species) – Brazil
  • Tmesiphantes obesus (Simon, 1892) – Brazil
  • Tmesiphantes perp Guadanucci & Silva, 2012 – Brazil
  • Tmesiphantes raulseixasi Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2019 – Brazil
  • Tmesiphantes riopretano Guadanucci & Silva, 2012 – Brazil
  • Tmesiphantes uru (Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014) – Argentina
  • Tmesiphantes yupanqui (Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014) – Argentina

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
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See also

References

  1. "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.
  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, doi:10.1080/14772000.2019.1685021


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