Tmesiphantes


Tmesiphantes is a genus of Brazilian tarantulas in the subfamily Theraphosinae that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892. The genera Magulla and Melloleitaoina were brought into synonymy in 2019.

Species

it contains 22 species, found in Brazil and Argentina:Tmesiphantes amadoi Yamamoto, Lucas, Guadanucci & Indicatti, 2007 - BrazilTmesiphantes amazonicus Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2019 - BrazilTmesiphantes aridai Gonzalez-Filho, Brescovit & Lucas, 2014 - BrazilTmesiphantes bethaniae Yamamoto, Lucas, Guadanucci & Indicatti, 2007 - BrazilTmesiphantes brescoviti - BrazilTmesiphantes buecherli - BrazilTmesiphantes caymmii Yamamoto, Lucas, Guadanucci & Indicatti, 2007 - BrazilTmesiphantes crassifemur - ArgentinaTmesiphantes guayarus Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2019 - BrazilTmesiphantes hypogeus Bertani, Bichuette & Pedroso, 2013 - BrazilTmesiphantes intiyaykuy Nicoletta, Ferretti, Chaparro & West, 2022 - PeruTmesiphantes janeira - PeruTmesiphantes mirim Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2015 - BrazilTmesiphantes mutquina - ArgentinaTmesiphantes nordestinus Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2019 - BrazilTmesiphantes nubilus Simon, 1892 - BrazilTmesiphantes obesus - BrazilTmesiphantes perp Guadanucci & Silva, 2012 - BrazilTmesiphantes raulseixasi Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2019 - BrazilTmesiphantes riopretano Guadanucci & Silva, 2012 - BrazilTmesiphantes uru - ArgentinaTmesiphantes yupanqui - Argentina
Formerly included:
  • T. elegans Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1958
  • T. serratus Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1958
  • T. spinopalpus Schaefer, 1996
Nomen dubium