Family: Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0010] Detail
In synonymy:
Weyenberghia Mello-Leitão, 1941 = Eupalaestrus Pocock, 1901 (Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1979b: 86, automatically with its replacement name Weyenberghiana, sub Pterinopelma)
Weyenberghiana Mello-Leitão, 1941 = Eupalaestrus Pocock, 1901 (Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1979b: 86, sub Pterinopelma)
Gen. Eupalaestrus Pocock, 1901 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00222] Detail
type Eurypelma campestratum Simon, 1891; gender masculine
N.B.: not a senior synonym of Pterinopelma Pocock, 1901 (which was considered a senior synoym of Weyenberghiana Mello-Leitão, 1941e: 322 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05141], replacement name for Weyenberghia Mello-Leitão, 1941d: 102 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05140] (type Lasiodora weijenberghi Thorell, 1894), preoccupied in Mammalia by Kraglievich, 1927, by Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1979b: 86, although Mello-Leitão's specimens are misidentified juveniles of Grammostola; see Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1961: 203, 1967a: 488) per Bertani, Nagahama & Fukushima, 2011: 3, contra Pérez-Miles, 1992: 28 and Raven, 1985a).
Transferred to other genera:
Eupalaestrus vitiosus (Keyserling, 1891) -- see Pterinopelma
In synonymy:
Eupalaestrus amazonicus (Bertani, 2001, T from Proshapalopus) = Eupalaestrus anomalus (Mello-Leitão, 1923) (Galleti-Lima et al., 2023: 5).
Eupalaestrus guyanus (Simon, 1892) = Eupalaestrus campestratus (Simon, 1891) (Gabriel, 2020a: 426).
Eupalaestrus holophaeus (Mello-Leitão, 1923, T from Pamphobeteus) = Eupalaestrus spinosissimus Mello-Leitão, 1923 (Bertani, 2001: 283).
Eupalaestrus pugilator Pocock, 1901 = Eupalaestrus campestratus (Simon, 1891) (Pérez-Miles, 1992: 30).
Eupalaestrus riparius (Schmidt & Bolle, 2008, T from Paraphysa = Euathlus) = Eupalaestrus weijenberghi (Thorell, 1894) (Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014b: 2413).
Eupalaestrus saltator (Pocock, 1903, T from Eurypelma = Avicularia) = Eupalaestrus weijenberghi (Thorell, 1894) (Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1979b: 86, sub Pterinopelma).
Eupalaestrus tarsicrassus Bücherl, 1947 = Eupalaestrus spinosissimus Mello-Leitão, 1923 (Bertani, 2001: 283).
Eupalaestrus tennuitarsus Bücherl, 1947 = Eupalaestrus campestratus (Simon, 1891) (Pérez-Miles, 1992: 30).
Eupalaestrus anomalus (Mello-Leitão, 1923) | m f | Brazil     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002004]
Pamphobeteus anomalus Mello-Leitão, 1923a: 343 (Dm).
Eupalaestrus anomalus Lucas, Silva & Bertani, 1993: 245 (T from Pamphobeteus).
Proshapalopus amazonicus Bertani, 2001: 287, f. 62-65, 175 (m, Df, T from Eupalaestrus, replacement name, preoccupied in Proshapalopus by Mello-Leitão, 1923, see Proshapalopus anomalus) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037516].
Proshapalopus amazonicus Peters, 2003: 272, f. 1087, 1090-1091 (mf).
Proshapalopus amazonicus Schmidt, 2003l: 184, f. 474-476 (mf).
Proshapalopus amazonicus Schmidt, 2007c: 100, f. 5 (f).
Proshapalopus amazonicus Sherwood et al., 2021b: 839, f. 11-17 (m).
Eupalaestrus anomalus Galleti-Lima et al., 2023: 5, f. 3B (T from Proshapalopus, name restored, S of the replacement name Proshapalopus amazonicus).
Eupalaestrus campestratus (Simon, 1891) * | m f | Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002005]
Eurypelma campestratum Simon, 1891e: 311 (Dm).
Eurypelma guyanum Simon, 1892a: 167 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001809].
Lasiodora campestrata Simon, 1897e: 1.
Eupalaestrus pugilator Pocock, 1901c: 547 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057647].
Eupalaestrus campestratus Simon, 1903a: 939.
Eupalaestrus tennuitarsus Bücherl, 1947b: 301, 2 pls. (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057648].
Eupalaestrus tenuitarsus Bücherl, 1957: 400, f. 75 (m).
Eupalaestrus tenuitarsus Lucas & Bücherl, 1973: 247, f. 9-11 (mf).
Eupalaestrus campestratus Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1979: 294, f. 17-22 (m, Df).
Eupalaestrus pugilator Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1979: 294, f. 23-24 (f).
Eupalaestrus tenuitarsus Brignoli, 1983c: 137 (lapsus).
Eupalaestrus tenuitarsus Schmidt, 1986: 56, f. 85 (m).
Eupalaestrus campestratus Pérez-Miles, 1992: 30, f. 2, 4 (mf, S of Eupalaestrus pugilator and P. tennuitarsus).
Eupalaestrus campestratus Schmidt, 1993d: 85, f. 195-198 (mf).
Eupalaestrus pugilator Schmidt, 1993d: 85, f. 199 (f).
Eupalaestrus tenuitarsis Schmidt, 1993d: 85, f. 203-204 (m).
Eupalaestrus campestratus Pérez-Miles et al., 1996: 48, f. 20-21 (mf).
Eupalaestrus campestratus Schmidt, 1997g: 20, f. 209, 211-213 (mf).
Eupalaestrus campestratus Schmidt, 1999f: 5, f. 33-35 (mf).
Eupalaestrus campestratus Bertani, 2000: 30, f. 3, 31-32 (m).
Eupalaestrus campestratus Peters, 2000a: 126, f. 387-388 (mf).
Eupalaestrus campestratus Bertani, 2001: 280, f. 8-9, 20, 25, 48, 50-51, 54 (mf).
Eupalaestrus campestratus Peters, 2003: 177, f. 701-703, 705-706 (mf).
Eupalaestrus campestratus Schmidt, 2003l: 138, 164, f. 212-214, 359 (mf).
Eupalaestrus campestratus Schmidt, 2007c: 100, f. 7-8 (f).
Eupalaestrus guyanus Gabriel, 2009b: 87, f. 1 (m, T from Eurypelma = Avicularia).
Eupalaestrus campestratus Gabriel, 2020a: 426 (S of Eupalaestrus guyanus).
Eupalaestrus crassimetatarsis Borges, Paladini & Bertani, 2021 | m f | Brazil, Argentina     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053263]
Eupalaestrus crassimetatarsis Borges, Paladini & Bertani, 2021: 892, f. 1a-f, 2a-e, 3a-c (Dmf).
Eupalaestrus larae Ferretti & Barneche, 2012 | m f | Argentina     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045625]
Eupalaestrus larae Ferretti & Barneche, 2012: 327, f. 1-7, 9 (Dmf).
Eupalaestrus roccoi Borges, Paladini & Bertani, 2021 | m f | Brazil     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053264]
Eupalaestrus roccoi Borges, Paladini & Bertani, 2021: 898, f. 4a-f, 5a-e, 6a-f (Dmf).
Eupalaestrus spinosissimus Mello-Leitão, 1923 | m f | Brazil     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037449]
Eupalaestrus spinosissimus Mello-Leitão, 1923a: 221, f. 104-105 (Df).
Pamphobeteus holophaeus Mello-Leitão, 1923a: 239 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057649].
Eupalaestrus tarsicrassus Bücherl, 1947b: 298, 1 pl. (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002006].
Eupalaestrus tarsicrassus Bücherl, 1957: 399, f. 74-74a (m).
Eupalaestrus tarsicrassus Lucas & Bücherl, 1973: 246, f. 8 (f).
Eupalaestrus tarsicrassus Schmidt, 1986: 56, f. 83-84 (m).
Eupalaestrus tarsicrassus Pérez-Miles, 1992: 32, f. 5 (f).
Pamphobeteus holophoeus Eckardt, 1992: 24, f. a-e (f).
Eupalaestrus spinosissimus Pérez-Miles, 1992: 34 (holotype presumably lost, uncertain species = nomen dubium).
Eupalaestrus tarsicrassus Schmidt, 1993d: 85, f. 200-202 (mf).
Eupalaestrus tarsicrassus Schmidt, 1997g: 20, f. 210, 214 (mf).
Eupalaestrus tarsicrassus Peters, 2000a: 127, f. 390, 392 (mf).
Eupalaestrus spinosissimus Bertani, 2001: 283, f. 19, 56-57 (mf, removed from nomen dubium, S of Eupalaestrus tarsicrassus and Pamphobeteus holophaeus).
Eupalaestrus spinosissimus Peters, 2003: 178, f. 708-710 (mf).
Eupalaestrus tarsicrassus Schmidt, 2003l: 164, f. 360-361 (m).
Eupalaestrus spinosissimus Schmidt, 2007c: 100, f. 3-4 (f).
Eupalaestrus weijenberghi (Thorell, 1894) | m f | Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002007]
Lasiodora weijenberghii Thorell, 1894: 31 (Dm).
Eurypelma saltator Simon, 1903a: 937.
Pterinopelma saltator Pocock, 1903b: 108 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057650].
Weyenberghia weijemberghi Mello-Leitão, 1941d: 120, pl. II, f. 3 (m, Df, T from Lasiodora).
Weyemberghiana weijemberghi Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1961: 203 (Mello-Leitão's ff are juveniles of Grammostola).
Pterinopelma weijenberghi Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1979b: 86 (S of Eurypelma saltator).
Eupalaestrus weijenberghi Pérez-Miles, 1992: 33, f. 3, 6 (m, Df, T from Aphonopelma).
Eupalaestrus weijenberghi Bertani, 2001: 282, f. 49, 52-53, 55 (mf).
Eupalaestrus weijenberghi Peters, 2003: 180, f. 716, 719-720 (mf).
Eupalaestrus weijenberghi Schmidt, 2003l: 164, f. 363-365; 256, f. 3 (mf).
Eupalaestrus weijenberghi Peters, 2005a: 9, f. 5 (f).
Paraphysa riparia Schmidt & Bolle, 2008: 6, f. 1, 3 (Dm; not f =Grammostola burzaquensis) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041558].
Eupalaestrus weijenberghi Ferretti et al., 2010: 17, f. 10-11 (m).
Eupalaestrus weijenberghi Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014b: 2412 (S of Paraphysa riparia).
Eupalaestrus weijenberghi Pérez-Miles & Perafán, 2020: 129, f. 5.3D-E (m).
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