Euathlus

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Euathlus
Euathlus sp red.jpg
Unidentified species of Euathlus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Euathlus
Ausserer, 1875[1]
Type species

L. Koch, 1875
Species

10, see text

Synonyms[1]

Euathlus is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1875.[3] It is a senior synonym of Paraphysa,[2] and was formerly considered a senior synonym of Brachypelma,[4] but this was later rejected.[5]

Species[]

As of March 2020 it contains ten species, found in Argentina and Chile:[1]

  • Euathlus affinis (Nicolet, 1849)Chile
  • Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014 – Chile
  • Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014 – Chile
  • Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014 – Chile
  • Ferretti, 2015Argentina
  • (Simon, 1892) – Chile
  • (Pocock, 1903) – Chile
  • Ferretti, 2015 – Argentina
  • Ferretti, 2015 – Argentina
  • L. Koch, 1875 (type) – Chile, Argentina

In synonymy:

  • E. phryxotrichoides (Strand, 1907) = Euathlus truculentus L. Koch, 1875

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2020). "Gen. Euathlus Ausserer, 1875". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Perafán, C.; Pérez-Miles, F. (2014). "The Andean tarantulas Euathlus Ausserer, 1875, Paraphysa Simon, 1892 and Phrixotrichus Simon, 1889 (Araneae: Theraphosidae): phylogenetic analysis, genera redefinition and new species descriptions". Journal of Natural History. 48 (39–40): 2397. doi:10.1080/00222933.2014.902142. S2CID 84369662.
  3. ^ Ausserer, A. (1875). "Zweiter Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autor)". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 25: 125–206.
  4. ^ Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 150.
  5. ^ Schmidt, G. (1991). "Revision der Gattung Megaphobema (Araneida: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae)". Arachnologischer Anzeiger. 13: 12.


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