Tmesiphantes

Tmesiphantes is a genus of Brazilian tarantulas in the subfamily Theraphosinae that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892.^[1][2] The genera Magulla and Melloleitaoina were brought into synonymy in 2019.^[1][3]

Tmesiphantes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Theraphosidae
Subfamily:	Theraphosinae
Genus:	Tmesiphantes Simon, 1892[1]
Type species
T. nubilus Simon, 1892
Species
See text.
Synonyms[1]
Magulla Simon, 1892 Melloleitaoina Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1960

Species

As of August 2022^[update] it contains 22 species, found in Brazil and Argentina:^[1]

• Tmesiphantes amadoi Yamamoto, Lucas, Guadanucci & Indicatti, 2007 - Brazil
• Tmesiphantes amazonicus Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2019 - Brazil
• Tmesiphantes aridai Gonzalez-Filho, Brescovit & Lucas, 2014 - Brazil
• Tmesiphantes bethaniae Yamamoto, Lucas, Guadanucci & Indicatti, 2007 - Brazil
• Tmesiphantes brescoviti (Indicatti, Lucas, Guadanucci & Yamamoto, 2008) - Brazil
• Tmesiphantes buecherli (Indicatti, Lucas, Guadanucci & Yamamoto, 2008) - Brazil
• Tmesiphantes caymmii Yamamoto, Lucas, Guadanucci & Indicatti, 2007 - Brazil
• Tmesiphantes crassifemur (Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1960) - Argentina
• Tmesiphantes guayarus Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2019 - Brazil
• Tmesiphantes hypogeus Bertani, Bichuette & Pedroso, 2013 - Brazil
• Tmesiphantes intiyaykuy Nicoletta, Ferretti, Chaparro & West, 2022 - Peru
• Tmesiphantes janeira (Keyserling, 1891) - Peru
• Tmesiphantes mirim Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2015 - Brazil
• Tmesiphantes mutquina (Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014) - Argentina
• Tmesiphantes nordestinus Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2019 - Brazil
• Tmesiphantes nubilus Simon, 1892 (type) - Brazil
• Tmesiphantes obesus (Simon, 1892) - Brazil
• Tmesiphantes perp Guadanucci & Silva, 2012 - Brazil
• Tmesiphantes raulseixasi Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2019 - Brazil
• Tmesiphantes riopretano Guadanucci & Silva, 2012 - Brazil
• Tmesiphantes uru (Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014) - Argentina
• Tmesiphantes yupanqui (Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014) - Argentina

Formerly included:

• T. elegans Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1958 (Transferred to Homoeomma)
• T. serratus Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1958 (Transferred to Homoeomma)
• T. spinopalpus Schaefer, 1996 (Transferred to Cyclosternum)

Nomen dubium

• T. chickeringi Caporiacco, 1955

See also

• List of Theraphosidae species