''Tonton'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of South American
mygalomorph
The Mygalomorphae, or mygalomorphs, are an infraorder of spiders, and comprise one of three major groups of living spiders with over 3000 species, found on all continents except Antarctica. Many members are known as trapdoor spiders due to t ...
spiders in the family
Microstigmatidae. It was first described by V. Passanha, I. Cizauskas and
Antônio Domingos Brescovit in 2019,
and it has only been found in
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
.
Species
it contains seven species:
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T. emboaba''
(Pedroso, Baptista & Bertani, 2015) – Brazil
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T. ipiau''
Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019 – Brazil
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T. itabirito''
Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019 (
type) – Brazil
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T. matodentro''
Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019 – Brazil
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T. queca''
Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019 – Brazil
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T. quiteria''
Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019 – Brazil
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T. sapalo''
Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019 – Brazil
See also
* ''
Masteria''
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List of Microstigmatidae species
References
Further reading
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Microstigmatidae genera
Taxa named by Antônio Brescovit
Spiders of Brazil
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