Eupalaestrus is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1901.[3]
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| Eupalaestrus campestratus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Eupalaestrus Pocock, 1901[1] |
| Type species | |
| E. campestratus (Simon, 1891)
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Species
editAs of October 2021[update] it contains six species, found in Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil:[1]
- Eupalaestrus campestratus (Simon, 1891) (type) – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
- Eupalaestrus crassimetatarsis Borges, Paladini & Bertani, 2021 – Brazil, Argentina
- Eupalaestrus larae Ferretti & Barneche, 2012 – Argentina
- Eupalaestrus roccoi Borges, Paladini & Bertani, 2021 – Brazil
- Eupalaestrus spinosissimus Mello-Leitão, 1923 – Brazil
- Eupalaestrus weijenberghi (Thorell, 1894) – Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina
In synonymy:
- E. guyanus (Simon, 1892) = Eupalaestrus campestratus (Simon, 1891)
- E. holophaeus (Mello-Leitão, 1923, removed from S of Vitalius cesteri (Mello-Leitão, 1923), contra Bücherl, 1947a: 258, sub Pamphobeteus) = Eupalaestrus spinosissimus Mello-Leitão, 1923
- E. pugilator Pocock, 1901 = Eupalaestrus campestratus (Simon, 1891)
- E. riparius (Schmidt & Bolle, 2008) = Eupalaestrus weijenberghi (Thorell, 1894)
- E. saltator (Pocock, 1903) = Eupalaestrus weijenberghi (Thorell, 1894)
- E. tarsicrassus Bücherl, 1947 = Eupalaestrus spinosissimus Mello-Leitão, 1923
- E. tennuitarsus Bücherl, 1947 = Eupalaestrus campestratus (Simon, 1891)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2021). "Gen. Eupalaestrus Pocock, 1901". World Spider Catalog Version 22.5. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- ^ Gerschman de P., B. S.; Schiapelli, R. D. (1979). "Estudio de los ejemplares tipos de Lasiodora weijenberghi Thorell, 1894 y Eurypelma minax Thorell, 1894 (Araneae, Theraphosidae)". Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina. 37: 86.
- ^ Pocock, R. I. (1901). "Some new and old genera of S.-American Avicularidae". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 8 (7): 540–555. doi:10.1080/03745480109443359.
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