Amazonius (spider)

Amazonius is a genus of tarantulas first described by Cifuentes and Bertani in 2022. They are found in Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Brazil and French Guiana. Two of the four species were originally from the Tapinauchenius genus, being A. burgessi and A. elenae.^[1] A. germani was misidentified as a species of Tapinauchenius in 1994, a misidentification that was only corrected in 2022.^[2]

Amazonius
Amazonius burgessi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Theraphosidae
Genus:	Amazonius Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022
Species
4, see text.

Species

As of July 2022^[update], it contained four species:^[1]

• Amazonius burgessi (Hüsser, 2018) – Venezuela, Colombia and Peru
• Amazonius elenae (Schmidt, 1994) (Type) – Ecuador and Brazil
• Amazonius germani Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022 – French Guiana and Brazil
• Amazonius giovaninii Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022 – Brazil