Tmesiphantes is a genus of Brazilian tarantulas in the subfamily Theraphosinae that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892.[1][2] The genera Magulla and Melloleitaoina were brought into synonymy in 2019.[1][3]
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As of August 2022[update] it contains 22 species, found in Brazil and Argentina:[1]
- Tmesiphantes amadoi Yamamoto, Lucas, Guadanucci & Indicatti, 2007 - Brazil
- Tmesiphantes amazonicus Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2019 - Brazil
- Tmesiphantes aridai Gonzalez-Filho, Brescovit & Lucas, 2014 - Brazil
- Tmesiphantes bethaniae Yamamoto, Lucas, Guadanucci & Indicatti, 2007 - Brazil
- Tmesiphantes brescoviti (Indicatti, Lucas, Guadanucci & Yamamoto, 2008) - Brazil
- Tmesiphantes buecherli (Indicatti, Lucas, Guadanucci & Yamamoto, 2008) - Brazil
- Tmesiphantes caymmii Yamamoto, Lucas, Guadanucci & Indicatti, 2007 - Brazil
- Tmesiphantes crassifemur (Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1960) - Argentina
- Tmesiphantes guayarus Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2019 - Brazil
- Tmesiphantes hypogeus Bertani, Bichuette & Pedroso, 2013 - Brazil
- Tmesiphantes intiyaykuy Nicoletta, Ferretti, Chaparro & West, 2022 - Peru
- Tmesiphantes janeira (Keyserling, 1891) - Peru
- Tmesiphantes mirim Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2015 - Brazil
- Tmesiphantes mutquina (Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014) - Argentina
- Tmesiphantes nordestinus Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2019 - Brazil
- Tmesiphantes nubilus Simon, 1892 (type) - Brazil
- Tmesiphantes obesus (Simon, 1892) - Brazil
- Tmesiphantes perp Guadanucci & Silva, 2012 - Brazil
- Tmesiphantes raulseixasi Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2019 - Brazil
- Tmesiphantes riopretano Guadanucci & Silva, 2012 - Brazil
- Tmesiphantes uru (Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014) - Argentina
- Tmesiphantes yupanqui (Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014) - Argentina
Formerly included:
- T. elegans Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1958 (Transferred to Homoeomma)
- T. serratus Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1958 (Transferred to Homoeomma)
- T. spinopalpus Schaefer, 1996 (Transferred to Cyclosternum)
Nomen dubium
- T. chickeringi Caporiacco, 1955
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.
Fabiano-da-Silva, W.; Guadanucci, J.P.L. & DaSilva, M.B. (2019), "Taxonomy and phylogenetics of Tmesiphantes Simon, 1892 (Araneae, Theraphosidae)", Systematics and Biodiversity, 17 (7): 650–668, doi:10.1080/14772000.2019.1685021, S2CID 213786373