Tapinauchenius plumipes

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Theraphosoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Mygalomorphae Superfamilia: Theraphosoidea

Familia: Theraphosidae
Subfamilia: Psalmopoeinae
Genus: Tapinauchenius
Species: Tapinauchenius plumipes

Name

Tapinauchenius plumipes (Koch, 1842)

Type locality: Surinam.

Holotype: ZMB. male ♂.

Synonymy

• Mygale plumipes Koch, 1842: 67 (original combination)
• Eurypelma plumipes (Koch): C.L. Koch, 1850: 7
• Tapinauchenius plumipes (Koch): Ausserer, 1871: 201.
• Avicularia deborrii Becker, 1879: 143
  • Type locality: Parimaribo, Surinam
    • Holotype: IRSN. female ♀.
• Ephebopus violaceus Mello-Leitão, 1930: 56 (synonymized by Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022: 35)
  • Type locality: Brazil, Rio Cuminá
    • Holotype: MNRJ. female ♀.
• Tapinauchenius purpureus Schmidt, 1995 (First synonymized with Tapinauchenius violaceus by West et al. 2008)
  • Type locality: French Guyana, Port de la Conte
    • Holotype: SMF. female ♀. SMF 38042
• Pachystopelma concolor Caporiacco, 1947: 21 (synonymized by Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022: 35)
  • Type locality: British Guyana [Guyana].
    • Holotype: female ♀.
• Tapinauchenius gigas Caporiacco, 1954: 50 (synonymized by Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022: 35)
  • Type locality: Guyane Française, Saint Jean du Maroni.
    • Holotype: MNHN. female ♀. XII.1913. legit Benoist.

References

Primary references

• Koch, C.L. 1842. Die Arachniden. Nürnberg, Neunter Band, pp. 57-108, Zehnter Band, pp. 1-36. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Becker, L. 1879. Description d'aranéides exotiques nouveaux. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 22(C.R.): 140-145. Reference page. 
• Cifuentes, Y. & Bertani, R. 2022. Taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of the tarantula genera Tapinauchenius Ausserer, 1871, Psalmopoeus Pocock, 1985, and Amazonius n. gen. (Theraphosidae, Psalmopoeinae). Zootaxa 5101(1): 001–123. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5101.1.1. . Reference page. 
• Lucas, S.M., da Silva Jr., P.I. & Bertani, R. 1992. The Brazilian species of the spider genus Ephebopus Simon, 1892 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Aviculariinae), with description of E. uatuman n. sp. Memórias do Instituto Butantan 53: 161–166. Reference page. 
• Mello-Leitão, C.F. de 1930. Aranhas do Cuminá. Arquivos do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro 32: 51–75. Reference page. 
• Schmidt, G.E.W. 1995c. Eine weitere Tapinauchenius-Art aus Französisch-Guyana, Tapinauchenius purpureus sp. n. (Araneida: Theraphosidae: Aviculariinae) Arachnologisches Magazin 3(3): 11-17. Reference page. 
• West, R.C., Marshall, S.D., Fukushima, C.S. & Bertani 2008: Review and cladistic analysis of the Neotropical tarantula genus Ephebopus Simon 1892 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) with notes on the Aviculariinae Zootaxa 1849: 35–58. Abstract & excerpt Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Trinidad Mahogany Tarantula