Tmesiphantes is a genus of Brazilian tarantulas in the subfamily Theraphosinae that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892. The genera Magulla and Melloleitaoina were brought into synonymy in 2019.
Species
it contains 22 species, found in Brazil and Argentina:
- Tmesiphantes amadoi <small>Yamamoto, Lucas, Guadanucci & Indicatti, 2007</small> - Brazil
- Tmesiphantes amazonicus <small>Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2019</small> - Brazil
- Tmesiphantes aridai <small>Gonzalez-Filho, Brescovit & Lucas, 2014</small> - Brazil
- Tmesiphantes bethaniae <small>Yamamoto, Lucas, Guadanucci & Indicatti, 2007</small> - Brazil
- Tmesiphantes brescoviti <small>(Indicatti, Lucas, Guadanucci & Yamamoto, 2008)</small> - Brazil
- Tmesiphantes buecherli <small>(Indicatti, Lucas, Guadanucci & Yamamoto, 2008)</small> - Brazil
- Tmesiphantes caymmii <small>Yamamoto, Lucas, Guadanucci & Indicatti, 2007</small> - Brazil
- Tmesiphantes crassifemur <small>(Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1960)</small> - Argentina
- Tmesiphantes guayarus <small>Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2019</small> - Brazil
- Tmesiphantes hypogeus <small>Bertani, Bichuette & Pedroso, 2013</small> - Brazil
- Tmesiphantes intiyaykuy <small>Nicoletta, Ferretti, Chaparro & West, 2022</small> - Peru
- Tmesiphantes janeira <small>(Keyserling, 1891)</small> - Peru
- Tmesiphantes mirim <small>Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2015</small> - Brazil
- Tmesiphantes mutquina <small>(Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014)</small> - Argentina
- Tmesiphantes nordestinus <small>Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2019</small> - Brazil
- Tmesiphantes nubilus <small>Simon, 1892</small> (type) - Brazil
- Tmesiphantes obesus <small>(Simon, 1892</small>) - Brazil
- Tmesiphantes perp <small>Guadanucci & Silva, 2012</small> - Brazil
- Tmesiphantes raulseixasi <small>Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2019</small> - Brazil
- Tmesiphantes riopretano <small>Guadanucci & Silva, 2012</small> - Brazil
- Tmesiphantes uru <small>(Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014)</small> - Argentina
- Tmesiphantes yupanqui <small>(Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014)</small> - Argentina
Formerly included:
- T. elegans <small>Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1958</small> (Transferred to Homoeomma)
- T. serratus <small>Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1958</small> (Transferred to Homoeomma)
- T. spinopalpus <small>Schaefer, 1996</small> (Transferred to Cyclosternum)
Nomen dubium
- T. chickeringi <small>Caporiacco, 1955</small>
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