Tmesiphantes
| Tmesiphantes | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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
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| Species | |
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9, see text | |
Tmesiphantes is a genus of Brazilian tarantulas in the subfamily Theraphosinae that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892.[2]
Species
As of May 2020[update] it contains nine species, found in Brazil:[1]
- Tmesiphantes amadoi Yamamoto, Lucas, Guadanucci & Indicatti, 2007 – Brazil
- Tmesiphantes aridai Gonzalez-Filho, Brescovit & Lucas, 2014 – Brazil
- Tmesiphantes bethaniae Yamamoto, Lucas, Guadanucci & Indicatti, 2007 – Brazil
- Tmesiphantes caymmii Yamamoto, Lucas, Guadanucci & Indicatti, 2007 – Brazil
- Tmesiphantes hypogeus Bertani, Bichuette & Pedroso, 2013 – Brazil
- Tmesiphantes mirim Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2015 – Brazil
- Tmesiphantes nubilus Simon, 1892 (type) – Brazil
- Tmesiphantes perp Guadanucci & Silva, 2012 – Brazil
- Tmesiphantes riopretano Guadanucci & Silva, 2012 – Brazil
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)
- T. chickeringi Caporiacco, 1955
See also
References
- ^ a b "Gen. Tmesiphantes Simon, 1892". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
- ^ 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.
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