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Eupalaestrus

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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 it contains six species, found in Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil:[1]

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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