Eupalaestrus is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1901.[3]

Eupalaestrus
Eupalaestrus campestratus
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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)
Species

6, see text

Synonyms[1]

Species

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As of October 2021 it contains six species, found in Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil:[1]

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

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.