Homoeomma

Homoeomma is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871.[5] It is considered a senior synonym of Calopelma,[3] Butantania,[2] and of Cyclothoracoides.[4]

Homoeomma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Homoeomma
Ausserer, 1871[1]
Type species
H. stradlingi
Species

15, see text

Synonyms[1]

Species

As of March 2020 it contains fifteen species, found in South America:[1]

  • Homoeomma brasilianum (Chamberlin, 1917) – Brazil
  • Homoeomma chilensis Montenegro & Aguilera, 2018 – Chile
  • Homoeomma elegans (Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1958) – Argentina
  • Homoeomma familiare Bertkau, 1880 – Brazil
  • Homoeomma hirsutum (Mello-Leitão, 1935) – Brazil
  • Homoeomma humile Vellard, 1924 – Brazil
  • Homoeomma montanum (Mello-Leitão, 1923) – Brazil
  • Homoeomma nigrum (Walckenaer, 1837) – Brazil
  • Homoeomma orellanai Montenegro & Aguilera, 2018 – Chile
  • Homoeomma peruvianum (Chamberlin, 1916) – Peru
  • Homoeomma pictum (Pocock, 1903) – Peru
  • Homoeomma strabo (Simon, 1892) – Colombia, Brazil
  • Homoeomma stradlingi O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881 (type) – Brazil
  • Homoeomma uruguayense (Mello-Leitão, 1946) – Uruguay, Argentina
  • Homoeomma villosum (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil

In synonymy:

  • H. bicolor Sherwood, Gabriel & Longhorn, 2018 = Homoeomma chilensis Montenegro & Aguilera, 2018
  • H. cyclothorax (Mello-Leitão, 1923) = Homoeomma montanum (Mello-Leitão, 1923)
  • H. moreirae (Mello-Leitão, 1923) = Homoeomma brasilianum (Chamberlin, 1917)
  • H. serratum (Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1958) = Homoeomma uruguayense (Mello-Leitão, 1946)

See also

References
  1. "Gen. Homoeomma Ausserer, 1871". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
  2. Pérez-Miles, F.; et al. (1996). "Systematic revision and cladistic analysis of Theraphosinae (Araneae: Theraphosidae)". Mygalomorph. 1: 52.
  3. Gerschman de P., B. S.; Schiapelli, R. D. (1972). "El género Homoeomma Ausserer 1871 (Araneae: Theraphosidae)". Physis, Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Ciencias Naturales. 31: 241.
  4. Lucas, S. M.; Indicatti, R. P. (2015). "Revalidation of Dolichothele Mello-Leitão and notes on Hapalotremus Simon (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae)". Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment. 50 (3): 210.
  5. Ausserer, A. (1871). "Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autor)". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 21: 117–224.


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