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

Homoeomma uruguayense (Mello-Leitão, 1946)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002132

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Described:

Distribution: Uruguay, Argentina

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Montevideo (MNHN), Uruguay m - (Galleti-Lima et al., 2026)
Holotype: Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales (MACN) “Bernardino Rivadavia”, Buenos Aires, Argentina m (247) of Tmesiphantes serratus - (Galleti-Lima et al., 2026)
Paratype: Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales (MACN) “Bernardino Rivadavia”, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1m (247) of Tmesiphantes serratus - (Galiano & Maury, 1979)

Taxonomic References

Hapalotremus uruguayensis Mello-Leitão, 1946c: 7, f. 10-11 (Dm) Original description

Hapalotremus uruguayensis Bücherl, 1957: 391, f. 35-35a (m)

Tmesiphantes serratus Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1958: 3, f. 1-5 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057653]

Homoeomma uruguayensis Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1972: 253, f. 45-51 (m, Df, T from Hapalotremus, S of Tmesiphantes serratus)

Homoeomma uruguayensis Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1973b: 74, f. 25-31 (mf)

Hapalotremus uruguayensis Schmidt, 1986: 41, f. 13-14 (m)

Homoeomma uruguayense Schmidt, 1993d: 67, f. 120-122 (mf)

Homoeomma uruguayense Schmidt, 1997g: 15, f. 31, 38, 41 (mf)

Homoeomma uruguayensis Vol, 1999a: 12, f. M (f)

Homoeomma uruguayense Schmidt, 1999f: 8, f. 9 (f)

Homoeomma uruguayense Schmidt, 2003l: 170, f. 401-403 (mf)

Homoeomma uruguayense Montes de Oca & Pérez-Miles, 2009: 43, f. 16-17 (m)

Homoeomma uruguayense Ferretti, Copperi & Pompozzi, 2019: 437, f. 1a-i, 2a-e, 3a-e (mf)

Homoeomma uruguayense Galleti-Lima et al., 2026: 227, f. 7A-I (mf)

References

Bücherl, W. (1957). Sôbre a importância dos bulbos copuladores e das apófises tibiais dos machos na sistemática das aranhas caranguejeiras (Orthognatha). Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 29: 377-416. -- Show included taxa

Ferretti, N., Copperi, S. & Pompozzi, G. (2019). Discovery of an isolated population of the dwarf tarantula Homoeomma uruguayense (Araneae, Theraphosidae) in central Argentina. Caldasia 41(2): 436-441. doi: 10.15446/caldasia.v41n2.71066 -- 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. (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

Gerschman de P., B. S. & Schiapelli, R. D. (1973b). La subfamilia Ischnocolinae (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia (Ent.) 4: 43-77. -- Show included taxa

Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1946c). Nuevos aracnidos sudamericanos de las colecciones del Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo. Comunicaciones Zoologicas del Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo 2(35): 1-10. -- Show included taxa

Montes de Oca, L. & Pérez-Miles, F. (2009). Las arañas Mygalomorphae del Uruguay: clave para familias, géneros y especies. Revistas del Laboratorio Tecnológico del Uruguay 4: 41-49. -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. (1986). Vogelspinnen: Lebensweise, Bestimmungsschlüssel, Haltung und Zucht. Albrecht Philler, Minden, 126 pp. -- 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

Vol, F. (1999a). A propos d'une spermatheque inhabituelle. Arachnides 42: 1-13. -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference
2026-01-27	New taxonomic reference entry	Galleti-Lima et al., 2026
2025-08-19	New taxonomic reference entry	Montes de Oca & Pérez-Miles, 2009
2019-10-10	New taxonomic reference entry	Ferretti, Copperi & Pompozzi, 2019