Taxon details

Family: Theraphosidae / Genus: Euathlus

Euathlus truculentus L. Koch, 1875

  • Rank: Species (Genus type)
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2024-07-02
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001997]
  • Distribution: Chile, Argentina
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Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: Museum Lübeck, Germany; type material destroyed 1942; jf of Paraphysa phryxotrichoides Strand, 1907
  • Holotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK; m (Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014b)
Taxonomic references
Euathlus truculentus L. Koch, in Ausserer, 1875: 188, pl. 7, f. 35 (Dm).
Paraphysa phryxotrichoides Strand, 1907f: 225 (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056962].
Paraphysa manicata Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1963: 106, f. 8 (f; misidentified per Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014b: 2407).
Paraphysa phryxotrichoides Legendre & Calderón, 1984: 1027, pl. II, f. 1-13 (Dm, f).
Paraphysa phryxotrichoides Schmidt, 1991d: 9, f. 5-9 (mf).
Paraphysa pulcherrimaklaasi Schmidt, 1991d: 8, f. 2 (f; misidentified per Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014b: 2407).
Euathlus truculentus Schmidt, 1992a: 9, f. 1 (m).
Euathlus truculentus Schmidt, 1992c: 9, f. 1-5 (m).
Paraphysa phryxotrichoides Schmidt, 1993c: 8, unnumbered f. (f).
Paraphysa phryxotrichoides Schmidt, 1993d: 92, f. 264-267 (mf).
Paraphysa pulcherrimaklaasi Schmidt, 1993d: 92, f. 259 (f; misidentified per Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014b: 2408).
Phrixotrichus phryxotrichoides Schmidt, 1994k: 5 (T from Paraphysa = Euathlus).
Euathlus truculentus Smith, 1995: 184, f. 1022-1031 (m).
Euathlus truculentus Pérez-Miles et al., 1996: 48, f. 18-19 (mf, S of Phrixotrichus phryxotrichoides).
Euathlus truculentus Schmidt, 1997g: 17, f. 82, 84, 86 (mf).
Phrixotrichus pulcherrimaklaasi Schmidt, 1997g: 17, f. 85 (f; misidentified per Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014b: 2408).
Euathlus truculentus Vol, 1999a: 11, f. H (f).
Paraphysa manicata Vol, 1999a: 12, f. S (f; misidentified per Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014b: 2407).
Euathlus truculentus Schmidt, 1999f: 5, f. 20-23 (mf).
Euathlus truculentus Bertani, 2000: 30, f. 7-8 (m).
Euathlus truculentus Peters, 2003: 174, f. 689, 691-694 (mf).
Euathlus truculentus Schmidt, 2003l: 128, f. 119-122 (mf).
Euathlus pulcherrimaklaasi Schmidt, 2003l: 256, f. 8 (f; misidentified per Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014b: 2408).
Euathlus truculentus Peters, 2005b: 60, f. 187-193 (mf).
Euathlus truculentus Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014b: 2407, f. 8A-C (m).
Euathlus truculentus Montenegro & Aguilera, 2024a: 333, f. 2c, 3c, 4b, 6c-d, 7d (mf).
References

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. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Bertani, R. (2000). Male palpal bulbs and homologous features in Theraphosinae (Araneae, Theraphosidae). Journal of Arachnology 28: 29-42. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Legendre, R. & Calderón G., R. (1984). Liste systématique des araignées mygalomorphes du Chili. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris (4) 6(A): 1021-1065. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Montenegro Vargas, R. & Aguilera, M. A. (2024a). Tarántulas chilenas de la subfamilia Theraphosinae (Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae): una revisión a nivel de género. Revista Chilena de Entomología 50(2): 329-352. doi:10.35249/rche.50.2.24.16 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Perafán, C. & Pérez-Miles, F. (2014b). The Andean tarantulas Euathlus Ausserer, 1875, Paraphysa Simon, 1892 and Phrixotrichus Simon, 1889 (Araneae: Theraphosidae): phylogenetic analysis, genera redefinition and new species descriptions. Journal of Natural History 48(39-40): 2389-2418. doi:10.1080/00222933.2014.902142 download pdf -- 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. download pdf -- 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"] download pdf download pdf -- Show included taxa

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

Schiapelli, R. D. & Gerschman de P., B. S. (1963). Los géneros chilenos Phrixotrichus Simon, 1889 y Paraphysa Simon, 1892 (Theraphosidae, Araneae) en la Argentina. Nuevas citas de algunas arañas comunes a ambos paises. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 26: 103-108. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. (1991d). Eine neue Paraphysa-Art aus Equador (Araneida: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae). Arachnologischer Anzeiger 20: 8-12. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. (1992a). Brachypelma Simon 1890 oder Euathlus Ausserer 1875? (Araneida: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae). Arachnologischer Anzeiger 3(1): 9-11. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. (1992c). Das Männchen von Euathlus truculentus Ausserer 1875 (Araneida: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae). Arachnologischer Anzeiger 3(7): 9-13. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. (1993c). Zur Unterscheidung der Weibchen der chilenischen Paraphysa-Arten (Araneida: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae). Arachnologischer Anzeiger 4(7): 6-9. download pdf -- Show included taxa

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

Schmidt, G. (1994k). Eine neue Paraphysa-Art aus Brasilien (Araneida: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae), Paraphysa horrida sp. n. Arachnologisches Magazin 2(12): 1-7. download pdf -- Show included taxa

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

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

Smith, A. M. (1995). Tarantula Spiders: Tarantulas of the U.S.A. and Mexico. Fitzgerald Publishing, London, 196 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Strand, E. (1907f). Afrikanische und südamerikanische Aviculariiden, hauptsächlich aus dem naturhistorischen Museum zu Lübeck. Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaften 79: 170-266. download pdf -- Show included taxa

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

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Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2024-07-02 New taxonomic reference entry Montenegro & Aguilera, 2024a n/a
2020-03-23 New taxonomic reference entry Schmidt, 2003l n/a
2020-03-23 New taxonomic reference entry Schmidt, 1997g n/a
2020-03-23 New taxonomic reference entry Schmidt, 1993d n/a
2015-04-08 New taxonomic reference entry Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014b n/a
2015-04-07 New taxonomic reference entry Schmidt, 1991d n/a