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Genus: Homoeomma Ausserer, 1871 | Family: Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869

Homoeomma elegans (Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1958)

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Described:

Distribution: Brazil, Argentina

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Holotype: Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales (MACN) “Bernardino Rivadavia”, Buenos Aires, Argentina m (4041) - (Galleti-Lima et al., 2026)

Taxonomic References

Tmesiphantes elegans Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1958: 4, f. 6-10 (Dm) Original description

Homoeomma elegans Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1972: 245, f. 40-44 (m, T from Tmesiphantes)

Homoeomma elegans Schmidt, 1993d: 67, f. 118-119 (m)

Homoeomma elegans Schmidt, 1997g: 15, f. 30, 37 (m)

Homoeomma elegans Schmidt, 1999f: 8, f. 7-8 (m)

Homoeomma elegans Schmidt, 2003l: 169, f. 392-393 (m)

Homoeomma elegans Galleti-Lima et al., 2026: 221, f. 5A-I (m)

References

Galleti-Lima, A., Yamamoto, F. U., Lucas, S. M., Guadanucci, J. P. L. & Brescovit, A. D. (2026). Morphological revision of the species of Homoeomma Ausserer, 1871 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. Zootaxa 5752(2): 211-237. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5752.2.3 -- Show included taxa

Gerschman de P., B. S. & Schiapelli, R. D. (1958). El género Tmesiphantes Simon, 1892 en la Argentina, con dos especies nuevas (Araneae Theraphosidae). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 20: 3-7. -- Show included taxa

Gerschman de P., B. S. & Schiapelli, R. D. (1972). El género Homoeomma Ausserer 1871 (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Physis, Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Ciencias Naturales (C) 31: 237-258. -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. (1993d). Vogelspinnen: Vorkommen, Lebensweise, Haltung und Zucht, mit Bestimmungsschlüsseln für alle Gattungen, Vierte Auflage. Landbuch Hannover, 151 pp. -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. (1997g). Bestimmungsschlüssel für die Gattungen der Unterfamilie Theraphosinae (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnologisches Magazin 3(Sonderausgabe): 1-27. -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. (1999f). Bestimmungsschlüssel für die Gattungen der argentinischen Vogelspinnen und kommentierte Liste der argentinischen Vogelspinnenarten (Arachnida: Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae. Arachnologisches Magazin 7(11/12): 1-17. -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. (2003l). Die Vogelspinnen: Eine weltweite Übersicht. Neue Brehm-Bücherei Hohenwarsleben, 383 pp. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-01-27	New taxonomic reference entry	Galleti-Lima et al., 2026
2026-01-27	Species distribution update	Galleti-Lima et al., 2026	Old value