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Tonton is a genus of South American mygalomorph spiders in the family Microstigmatidae. It was first described by V. Passanha, I. Cizauskas and Antônio Domingos Brescovit in 2019,[2] and it has only been found in Brazil.[1]
| Tonton | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Microstigmatidae |
| Genus: | Tonton Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019[1] |
| Type species | |
| T. itabirito Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019 | |
| Species | |
|
7, see text | |
As of April 2022[update] it contains seven species:[1]
- T. emboaba (Pedroso, Baptista & Bertani, 2015) – Brazil
- T. ipiau Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019 – Brazil
- T. itabirito Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019 (type) – Brazil
- T. matodentro Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019 – Brazil
- T. queca Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019 – Brazil
- T. quiteria Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019 – Brazil
- T. sapalo Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019 – Brazil
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