| Eupalaestrus | |
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| Eupalaestrus campestratus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Eupalaestrus Pocock, 1901 |
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| E. campestratus (Simon, 1891) | |
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Eupalaestrus is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1901.
Species
As of October 2021 it contains six species, found in Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil:
- 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)
See also
References
- ^ Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2021). "Gen. Eupalaestrus Pocock, 1901". World Spider Catalog Version 22.5. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- Gerschman de P., B. S.; Schiapelli, R. D. (1979). "Estudio de los ejemplares tipos de Lasiodora weijenberghi Thorell, 1894 y Eurypelma minax Thorell, 1894 (Araneae, Theraphosidae)". Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina. 37: 86.
- Pocock, R. I. (1901). "Some new and old genera of S.-American Avicularidae". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 8 (7): 540–555. doi:10.1080/03745480109443359.
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