Homoeomma familiare Bertkau, 1880

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002123

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Described:

Distribution: Colombia, Brazil

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Type Repository Provide information
  • Holotype: f (lost) - (Galleti-Lima et al., 2026)
  • Holotype: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) = Hope Entomological Collections Oxford (HECO), Oxford, UK f of Homoeomma stradlingi - (Galleti-Lima et al., 2026)
  • Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France m (8100) of Homoeomma strabo - (Galleti-Lima et al., 2026)
  • Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA m (56) of Eurypelma regina - (Galleti-Lima et al., 2026)
  • Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France (Syn: Homoeomma strabo) m - (Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1972)
  • Paratype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA 1f (57) of Eurypelma regina - (Galleti-Lima et al., 2026)
  • Syntype: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) = Hope Entomological Collections Oxford (HECO), Oxford, UK (Syn: Homoeomma stradlingi) 2m 1f - (Sherwood, Gabriel & Longhorn, 2019)
Taxonomic References
Mygale versicolor C. L. Koch, 1842: 57, pl. 307, f. 727 (m; misidentified per O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881c: 683)
Lasiodora versicolor C. L. Koch, 1850: 72 (misidentified per O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881c: 683)
Homoeomma versicolor Ausserer, 1871a: 211 (misidentified per O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881c: 683)
Homoeomma versicolor Ausserer, 1875: 196, pl. 7, f. 38 (m; misidentified per O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881c: 683)
Homoeomma familiaris Bertkau, 1880a: 37, pl. 1, f. 11 (Df) Original description
Homoeomma stradlingi O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881c: 683, pl. 60, f. 1-7 (Dmf, new name for Mygale versicolor sensu C. L. Koch, 1842) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002131]
Agathostola strabo Simon, 1892a: 163 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002130]
Homoeomma strabo Simon, 1903a: 936
Homoeomma strabo Pocock, 1903b: 216 (S of Homoeomma familiare)
Eurypelma regina Chamberlin, 1917: 49, pl. 4, f. 1 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057652]
Grammostola familiaris Mello-Leitão, 1921a: 303
Plesiopelma regina Mello-Leitão, 1923a: 182
Homoeomma familiaris Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1961: 203, f. 9 (f, removed from S of Grammostola mollicoma, rejecting Bücherl, 1951: 112)
Homoeomma strabo Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1972: 251, f. 23-34 (mf, S of Plesiopelma regina)
Homoeomma stradlingi Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1972: 244, f. 35-39 (m, removed from S of Homoeomma nigrum, rejecting Pocock, 1903b: 111)
Homoeomma nigrum Smith, 1986b: 87, f. 55h (m; misidentified sensu O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881c: 683 and Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1972: 244)
Plesiopelma regina Smith, 1986b: 66, f. 102h (m)
Homoeomma nigrum Smith, 1987d: 87, f. 55h (m; misidentified sensu O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881c: 683 and Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1972: 244)
Plesiopelma regina Smith, 1987d: 66, f. 102h (m)
Homoeomma strabo Schmidt, 1993d: 67, f. 113-115 (mf)
Homoeomma stradlingi Schmidt, 1993d: 67, f. 116-117 (m)
Homoeomma stradlingi Pérez-Miles et al., 1996: 52, f. 24-25 (m)
Homoeomma strabo Schmidt, 1997g: 15, f. 28, 35, 40 (mf)
Homoeomma stradlingi Schmidt, 1997g: 15, f. 29, 36 (m)
Homoeomma familiare Schmidt, 2003l: 170, f. 394 (f)
Homoeomma strabo Peters, 2003: 207, f. 837-839 (mf)
Homoeomma strabo Schmidt, 2003l: 125, f. 93-95 (mf)
Homoeomma stradlingi Schmidt, 2003l: 170, f. 399-400 (m)
Homoeomma strabo Peters, 2005b: 74, f. 242-247 (mf)
Homoeomma familiare Galleti-Lima et al., 2026: 216, f. 2A-I, 3A-E (mf, S of Homoeomma strabo and H. stradlingi)
References

Ausserer, A. (1871a). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autor). Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 21: 117-224, pl. 1. [[incl. unpubl. manuscript by Doleschall]] -- Show included taxa

Ausserer, A. (1875). Zweiter Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autor). Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 25: 125-206, pl. 5-7. -- Show included taxa

Bertkau, P. (1880a). Verzeichniss der von Prof. Ed. van Beneden auf seiner im Auftrage der Belgischen Regierung unternommenen wissenschaftlichen Reise nach Brasilien und La Plata i. J. 1872-73 gesammelten Arachniden. Mémoires Couronnés et Mémoires des Savants Étrangers de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique 43: 1-120. -- Show included taxa

Chamberlin, R. V. (1917). New spiders of the family Aviculariidae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 61: 25-75. -- Show included taxa

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. (1972). El género Homoeomma Ausserer 1871 (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Physis, Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Ciencias Naturales (C) 31: 237-258. -- Show included taxa

Koch, C. L. (1842). Die Arachniden. Neunter Band. C. H. Zeh'sche Buchhandlung, Nürnberg, pp. 57-108, pl. 307-324 (f. 727-755). doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.43744 [[incl. v. 10: 1-36/1842; for the correct year of publication see Brignoli, 1985b]] -- Show included taxa

Koch, C. L. (1850). Übersicht des Arachnidensystems. Heft 5. J. L. Lotzbeck, Nürnberg, 77 pp. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.39561 -- Show included taxa

Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1921a). On the genus Grammostola, Simon. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9) 7(40): 293-305. doi: 10.1080/00222932108632524 -- Show included taxa

Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1923a). Theraphosideas do Brasil. Revista do Museu Paulista 13: 1-438. -- Show included taxa

Pérez-Miles, F., Lucas, S. M., Silva Jr., P. I. da & Bertani, R. (1996). Systematic revision and cladistic analysis of Theraphosinae (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Mygalomorph 1: 33-68. -- Show included taxa

Peters, H.-J. (2003). Tarantulas of the world: Amerika's Vogelspinnen. Published by the author, Wegberg, Germany, 328 pp. [[Longhorn & Gabriel, 2019: 109: "We consider much of the information in Peters (2003) as erroneous"]] -- Show included taxa

Peters, H.-J. (2005b). Tarantulas of the world: Kleiner Atlas der Vogelspinnen - Band 3. Published by the author, 130 pp. -- Show included taxa

Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1881c). On a new spider of the family of Theraphosidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 49(3): 682-685, pl. 60. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1881.tb01325.x -- Show included taxa

Pocock, R. I. (1903b). On some genera and species of South-American Aviculariidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 11(61): 81-115. doi: 10.1080/00222930308678729 -- Show included taxa

Schiapelli, R. D. & Gerschman de P., B. S. (1961). Las especies del género Grammostola Simon 1892, en la República Argentina (Araneae, Theraphosidae). Actas y Trabajos del Congreso Sudamericano de Zoologia, La Plata I (La Plata, 1959) 3, 199-208. -- 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. (2003l). Die Vogelspinnen: Eine weltweite Übersicht. Neue Brehm-Bücherei Hohenwarsleben, 383 pp. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1892a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome premier. Roret, Paris, pp. 1-256. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts]] -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1903a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second. Roret, Paris, pp. 669-1080. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts]] -- Show included taxa

Smith, A. M. (1986b). The tarantula: classification and identification guide. Fitzgerald Publishing London, 179 pp. -- Show included taxa

Smith, A. M. (1987d). The tarantula: classification and identification guide (second ed.). Fitzgerald Publishing London, 179 pp. -- Show included taxa

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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

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