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Eupalaestrus
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Eupalaestrus is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1901.[3]
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Species
As of October 2021[update] it contains six species, found in Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil:[1]
- Eupalaestrus campestratus (Simon, 1891) (type) – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
- Eupalaestrus crassimetatarsis Borges, Paladini & Bertani, 2021 – Brazil, Argentina
- Eupalaestrus larae Ferretti & Barneche, 2012 – Argentina
- Eupalaestrus roccoi Borges, Paladini & Bertani, 2021 – Brazil
- Eupalaestrus spinosissimus Mello-Leitão, 1923 – Brazil
- Eupalaestrus weijenberghi (Thorell, 1894) – Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina
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)
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References
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