''Homoeomma'' is a
genus of South American
tarantulas that was first described by
Anton Ausserer
Anton Ausserer (5 July 184320 July 1889)Maurer, Ferdinand: ''Nachruf an Dr. Anton Ausserer.'' Programm des kk. acad. Gymnasiums in Grätz. Graz 1890 was an Austrian naturalist specialising in spiders.Bonnet, Pierre: Bibliographia aranearum, Les ...
in 1871.
It is considered a senior synonym of ''Calopelma'',
''Butantania'',
and of ''Cyclothoracoides''.
These
tarantulas are usually quite small and usually
burrow
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a few centimeters under a rock or log.
Diagnosis
Males of this genus can be distinguished by the tile-like
apophysis on the base of the
palpal bulb, and the
embolus being in an obtuse angle, in relation to the bulb. Males also have a flexion of the
metatarsus 1, which is between the branches of the
tibial apophysis. Females can be distinguished by the
spermatheca morphology, which lacks constriction in the apex.
Species
it contains thirteen species, found in South America:
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Homoeomma brasilianum
''Homoeomma'' is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871. It is considered a senior synonym of ''Calopelma'', ''Butantania'', and of ''Cyclothoracoides''. These tarantulas are usually quite small and ...
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( Chamberlin, 1917) –
Brazil
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Homoeomma chilense''
Montenegro & Aguilera, 2018 –
Chile
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Homoeomma elegans
''Homoeomma elegans'' is a species of spiders in the family Theraphosidae
Tarantulas comprise a group of large and often hairy spiders of the family Theraphosidae. , 1,040 species have been identified, with 156 genera. The term "tarantula ...
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(Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1958) –
Argentina
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Homoeomma familiare
''Homoeomma'' is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871. It is considered a senior synonym of ''Calopelma'', ''Butantania'', and of ''Cyclothoracoides''. These tarantulas are usually quite small and ...
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Bertkau, 1880 – Brazil
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Homoeomma hirsutum
''Homoeomma'' is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871. It is considered a senior synonym of ''Calopelma'', ''Butantania'', and of ''Cyclothoracoides''. These tarantulas are usually quite small and ...
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( Mello-Leitão, 1935) – Brazil
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Homoeomma montanum
''Homoeomma'' is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871. It is considered a senior synonym of ''Calopelma'', ''Butantania'', and of ''Cyclothoracoides''. These tarantulas are usually quite small and ...
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(Mello-Leitão, 1923) – Brazil
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Homoeomma nigrum
''Homoeomma'' is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871. It is considered a senior synonym of ''Calopelma'', ''Butantania'', and of ''Cyclothoracoides''. These tarantulas are usually quite small and ...
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( Walckenaer, 1837) – Brazil
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Homoeomma orellanai
''Homoeomma'' is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871. It is considered a senior synonym of ''Calopelma'', ''Butantania'', and of ''Cyclothoracoides''. These tarantulas are usually quite small and ...
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Montenegro & Aguilera, 2018 – Chile
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Homoeomma peruvianum
''Homoeomma'' is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871. It is considered a senior synonym of ''Calopelma'', ''Butantania'', and of ''Cyclothoracoides''. These tarantulas are usually quite small and ...
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(Chamberlin, 1916) –
Peru
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Homoeomma strabo
''Homoeomma'' is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871. It is considered a senior synonym of ''Calopelma'', ''Butantania'', and of ''Cyclothoracoides''. These tarantulas are usually quite small and ...
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( Simon, 1892) –
Colombia
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, Brazil
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Homoeomma stradlingi
''Homoeomma'' is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871. It is considered a senior synonym of ''Calopelma'', ''Butantania'', and of ''Cyclothoracoides''. These tarantulas are usually quite small and ...
''
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) – Brazil
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Homoeomma uruguayense
''Homoeomma'' is a genus of South American Theraphosidae, tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871. It is considered a senior synonym of ''Calopelma'', ''Butantania'', and of ''Cyclothoracoides''. These tarantulas are usually ...
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(Mello-Leitão, 1946) –
Uruguay, Argentina
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Homoeomma villosum
''Homoeomma'' is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871. It is considered a senior synonym of ''Calopelma'', ''Butantania'', and of ''Cyclothoracoides''. These tarantulas are usually quite small ...
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* Hermann ...
, 1891) – Brazil
In synonymy
*''H. bicolor''
Sherwood, Gabriel & Longhorn, 2018 = ''Homoeomma chilense''
Montenegro & Aguilera, 2018
*''H. cyclothorax''
(Mello-Leitão, 1923) = ''Homoeomma montanum''
(Mello-Leitão, 1923)
*''H. moreirae''
(Mello-Leitão, 1923) = ''Homoeomma brasilianum''
(Chamberlin, 1917)
*''H. regina''
(Chamberlin, 1917) = ''Homoeomma strabo''
(Simon, 1892)
*''H. serratum''
(Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1958) = ''Homoeomma uruguayense''
(Mello-Leitão, 1946)
Transferred to other genera
*''Homoeomma alcirae''
Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1954 → ''
Plesiopelma alcirae
''Plesiopelma'' is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1901.
''Plesiopelma'' species are particularly abundant along mountainous ranges, frequently living under stones. Both males and females ...
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*''Homoeomma humile''
Vellard, 1924 → ''
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''
*''Homoeomma pictum''
(Pocock, 1903) → ''
Anqasha picta
''Anqasha'' is a monotypic genus of Peruvian tarantulas, containing one species, ''Anqasha picta'', first described by Danniella Sherwood and Ray Gabriel in 2022. The type species was initially described under the name ''Hapalopus pictus'' in 1 ...
'
*''Homoeomma simoni''
Soares & Camargo, 1948 → ''
Catanduba simoni
''Catanduba'' is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described by F. U. Yamamoto, S. M. Lucas & Antônio Domingos Brescovit in 2012.
Species
it contains seven species, all found in Brazil:
*'' Catanduba araguaia'' Yamamoto, Lucas ...
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See also
*
List of Theraphosidae species
References
Theraphosidae genera
Spiders of South America
Taxa named by Anton Ausserer
Theraphosidae
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