Eupalaestrus

Eupalaestrus is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1901.

Distribution

Spiders in this genus are found in Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil:

, this genus includes six species:

Eupalaestrus anomalus (Mello-LeitÃÂ£o, 1923) Ã¢ÂÂ Brazil
Eupalaestrus campestratus (Simon, 1891) Ã¢ÂÂ Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina (type species)
Eupalaestrus crassimetatarsis Borges, Paladini & Bertani, 2021 Ã¢ÂÂ Brazil, Argentina
Eupalaestrus larae Ferretti & Barneche, 2012 Ã¢ÂÂ Argentina
Eupalaestrus roccoi Borges, Paladini & Bertani, 2021 Ã¢ÂÂ Brazil
Eupalaestrus weijenberghi (Thorell, 1894) Ã¢ÂÂ Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina

In synonymy:

E. guyanus (Simon, 1892) = Eupalaestrus campestratus (Simon, 1891)
E. holophaeus (Mello-LeitÃÂ£o, 1923, removed from S of Vitalius cesteri (Mello-LeitÃÂ£o, 1923), contra BÃÂ¼cherl, 1947a: 258, sub Pamphobeteus) = Eupalaestrus spinosissimus Mello-LeitÃÂ£o, 1923
E. pugilator Pocock, 1901 = Eupalaestrus campestratus (Simon, 1891)
E. riparius (Schmidt & Bolle, 2008) = Eupalaestrus weijenberghi (Thorell, 1894)
E. saltator (Pocock, 1903) = Eupalaestrus weijenberghi (Thorell, 1894)
E. tarsicrassus BÃÂ¼cherl, 1947 = Eupalaestrus spinosissimus Mello-LeitÃÂ£o, 1923
E. tennuitarsus BÃÂ¼cherl, 1947 = Eupalaestrus campestratus (Simon, 1891)