Family: Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0010] Back
Gen.
Tmesiphantes Simon, 1892 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00290 ]
N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Dryptopelma Simon, 1892 (= Cyclosternum Ausserer, 1871) by Pérez-Miles et al., 1996: 59; considered a synonymy of Magulla Simon, 1892d: 276 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04198] (type M. obesa Simon, 1892) and of Melloleitaoina Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1960: 200 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00249] (type M. crassifemur Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1960) by Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2019: 653; Magulla was removed from the synonymy of Cyclosternum Ausserer, 1871 by Indicatti et al., 2008a: 22, contra Raven, 1985a: 155; Melloleitaoina was removed from the synonymy of Dryptopelma Simon, 1889 by Pérez-Miles et al., 1996: 53.
Status:
accepted
Last updated
2023-05-16
2023-05-16
Described in
Simon, 1892d: 277 (type Tmesiphantes nubilus Simon, 1892; gender masculine)
Simon, 1892d: 277 (type Tmesiphantes nubilus Simon, 1892; gender masculine)
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Species counts
| Counts | Status |
| 22 | accepted |
| 1 | nomen dubium |
Reference
Edit history
Simon, E. (1892d). Etudes arachnologiques. 24e Mémoire. XXXIX. Descriptions d'espèces et de genres nouveaux de la famille des Aviculariidae (suite). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 61: 271-284. 
| Date | Type | Reference | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-06-22 | Genus synonymy | Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2019 | Melloleitaoina synonymized with Tmesiphantes |
| 2020-06-22 | Genus synonymy | Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2019 | Magulla synonymized with Tmesiphantes |