Magulla

Magulla is a genus of Brazilian tarantulas that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892.[2] It was removed from the synonymy of Cyclosternum in 2008.[3]

Magulla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Magulla
Simon, 1892[1]
Type species
M. obesa
Simon, 1892
Species

4, see text

Species

As of March 2020 it contains four species, found in Brazil:[1]

  • Magulla brescoviti Indicatti, Lucas, Guadanucci & Yamamoto, 2008Brazil
  • Magulla buecherli Indicatti, Lucas, Guadanucci & Yamamoto, 2008 – Brazil
  • Magulla janeira (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil
  • Magulla obesa Simon, 1892 (type) – Brazil

See also

References

  1. "Gen. Magulla Simon, 1892". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  2. Simon, E. (1892). "Etudes arachnologiques. 24e Mémoire. XXXIX. Descriptions d'espèces et de genres nouveaux de la famille des Aviculariidae (suite)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 61: 271–284.
  3. Indicatti, R. P.; et al. (2008). "Revalidation and revision of the genus Magulla Simon 1892 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae)". Zootaxa. 1814: 22.


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