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]
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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
editAs of August 2022[update] it contains 22 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 intiyaykuy Nicoletta, Ferretti, Chaparro & West, 2022 - Peru
- Tmesiphantes janeira (Keyserling, 1891) - Peru
- 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) - 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)
- T. chickeringi Caporiacco, 1955
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
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