Taxon details


Tapinauchenius plumipes (C. L. Koch, 1842)

  • Rank: Species (Genus type)
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2022-02-24
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002484]
  • Distribution: Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil
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Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany; f (38042) of Tapinauchenius purpureus (West et al., 2008)
  • Holotype: Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (MNRJ), Brazil; f (00023) of Tapinauchenius violaceus (destroyed by the fire 2018, MNRJ database excerpt, August 2019) (Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022)
  • Lectotype: Museo Zoologico di Storia Naturale "La Specola", Università degli Studi di Firenze (MZUF), Florence, Italy; j (507) of Tapinauchenius concolor (Bertani, 2012)
  • Lectotype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany; m (2044-1) (Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022)
  • Lectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France; f (AR 14637) of Tapinauchenius gigas; 2f paralectotypes also in Paris? (see Caporiacco, 1954: 50) (Hüsser, 2018)
  • Paratype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany; 1m (38046) of Tapinauchenius purpureus (West et al., 2008)
  • Syntype: Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS/KBIN), Brussels, Belgium; 1m 1f of Tapinauchenius deborri (Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022)
  • Paralectotype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany; 1m (2044-2) (Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022)
  • Paralectotype: Museo Zoologico di Storia Naturale "La Specola", Università degli Studi di Firenze (MZUF), Florence, Italy; 1j (506) of Tapinauchenius concolor (Berdondini & Whitman, 2003)
  • Paralectotype: Museo Zoologico di Storia Naturale "La Specola", Università degli Studi di Firenze (MZUF), Florence, Italy; 1j (505) of Tapinauchenius concolor (Bertani, 2012)
Taxonomic references
Mygale plumipes C. L. Koch, 1842: vol. 9: 67, pl. 311, f. 733 (Dm).
Eurypelma plumipes C. L. Koch, 1850: 73.
Tapinauchenius plumipes Ausserer, 1871a: 201.
Avicularia deborrii Becker, 1879d: 143 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053805].
Tapinauchenius plumipes Simon, 1886e: 133 (S of Avicularia deborrii).
Ephebopus violaceus Mello-Leitão, 1930b: 56, f. 4 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001840].
Pachystopelma concolor Caporiacco, 1947a: 21 (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002256].
Tapinauchenius gigas Caporiacco, 1954: 50 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002482].
Avicularia violacea Lucas, Silva & Bertani, 1992: 163 (T from Ephebopus).
Tapinauchenius plumipes Schmidt, 1994b: 259, f. 2 (Df).
Tapinauchenius purpureus Schmidt, 1995c: 11, f. 1 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002485].
Tapinauchenius gigas Peters, 2000b: 119, f. 351-353 (mf).
Tapinauchenius gigas Peters, 2003: 293, f. 1160, 1164-1165 (mf).
Tapinauchenius plumipes Peters, 2003: 295, f. 1172 (f).
Tapinauchenius plumipes Schmidt, 2003l: 206, f. 616 (f).
Tapinauchenius purpureus Schmidt, 2003l: 206, f. 617 (f).
Tapinauchenius purpureus Peters, 2005b: 111, f. 353-356 (f).
Tapinauchenius violaceus West et al., 2008: 39, f. 21-22 (f, S of Tapinauchenius purpureus).
Tapinauchenius concolor Bertani, 2012: 29 (Tj from Pachistopelma).
Pseudoclamoris gigas Hüsser, 2018: 73 (T from Tapinauchenius).
Tapinauchenius violaceus Hüsser, 2018: 85, f. 14A-B (chelicerae) .
Tapinauchenius plumipes Cifuentes & Perafán, 2020: 110, f. 4.9B (m).
Tapinauchenius plumipes Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022: 35, f. 24-49, 51-62 (mf, S of Pseudoclamoris gigas, Tapinauchenius concolor, T. plumipes and T. violaceus).
References

Ausserer, A. (1871a). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autor). Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 21: 117-224, pl. 1. [incl. unpubl. manuscript by Doleschall] download pdf -- Show included taxa

Becker, L. (1879d). Description d'aranéides exotiques nouveaux. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 22(C.R.): 140-145. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Bertani, R. (2012). Revision, cladistic analysis and biogeography of Typhochlaena C. L. Koch, 1850, Pachistopelma Pocock, 1901 and Iridopelma Pocock, 1901 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Aviculariinae). ZooKeys 230: 1-94. doi:10.3897/zookeys.230.3500 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Caporiacco, L. di (1947a). Diagnosi preliminari de specie nuove di aracnidi della Guiana Brittanica raccolte dai professori Beccari e Romiti. Monitore Zoologico Italiano 56: 20-34. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Caporiacco, L. di (1954). Araignées de la Guyane Française du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Commentationes Pontificia Academia Scientiarum 16: 45-193. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Cifuentes, Y. & Perafán, C. (2020). Arboreal tarantulas and their allies: Aviculariinae and Psalmopoeinae. In: Pérez-Miles, F. (ed.) New World Tarantulas. Zoological Monographs, 6, pp. 93-119. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-48644-0_4 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Cifuentes, Y. & Bertani, R. (2022). Taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of the tarantula genera Tapinauchenius Ausserer, 1871, Psalmopoeus Pocock, 1985, and Amazonius n. gen. (Theraphosidae, Psalmopoeinae). Zootaxa 5101(1): 1-123. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5101.1.1 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Hüsser, M. (2018). A first phylogenetic analysis reveals a new arboreal tarantula genus from South America with description of a new species and two new species of Tapinauchenius Ausserer, 1871 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae,Theraphosidae). ZooKeys 784: 59-93. doi:10.3897/zookeys.784.26521 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Koch, C. L. (1842). Die Arachniden. C. H. Zeh'sche Buchhandlung, Nürnberg, Neunter Band, pp. 57-108, pl. 307-324 (f. 727-755); Zehnter Band, pp. 1-36, pl. 325-336 (f. 756-776). [for the correct year of publication see Brignoli, 1985b] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.43744 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Koch, C. L. (1850). Übersicht des Arachnidensystems. Heft 5. J. L. Lotzbeck, Nürnberg, 77 pp. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.39561 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Lucas, S., Silva Jr., P. I. da & Bertani, R. (1992). The Brazilian species of the spider genus Ephebopus Simon, 1892 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Aviculariinae), with description of E. uatuman n. sp. Memórias do Instituto Butantan 53: 161-166. download pdf download pdf -- Show included taxa

Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1930b). Aranhas do Cuminá. Arquivos do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro 32: 51-75. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Peters, H.-J. (2000b). Tarantulas of the world: Kleiner Atlas der Vogelspinnen - Band 2. Published by the author, 162 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Peters, H.-J. (2003). Tarantulas of the world: Amerika's Vogelspinnen. Published by the author, Wegberg, Germany, 328 pp. [Longhorn & Gabriel, 2019: 109: "We consider much of the information in Peters (2003) as erroneous"] download pdf download pdf -- Show included taxa

Peters, H.-J. (2005b). Tarantulas of the world: Kleiner Atlas der Vogelspinnen - Band 3. Published by the author, 130 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. (1994b). Eine Tapinauchenius-Art aus Ekuador (Araneida, Theraphosidae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift (N.F.) 41(1): 257-260. doi:10.1002/mmnd.19940410121 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. (2003l). Die Vogelspinnen: Eine weltweite Übersicht. Neue Brehm-Bücherei, Hohenwarsleben, 383 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. (1995c). Eine weitere Tapinauchenius-Art aus Französisch-Guyana, Tapinauchenius purpureus sp. n. (Araneida: Theraphosidae: Aviculariinae). Arachnologisches Magazin 3(3): 11-17. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1886e). Rectifications synonymiques concernant divers Arachnides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 30(C.R.): 132-133. download pdf -- Show included taxa

West, R. C., Marshall, S. D., Fukushima, C. S. & Bertani, R. (2008). Review and cladistic analysis of the Neotropical tarantula genus Ephebopus Simon 1892 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) with notes on the Aviculariinae. Zootaxa 1849: 35-58. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1849.1.3 download pdf -- Show included taxa

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Date Type Reference Detail
2022-02-24 Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Amazonius germani Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022
2022-02-24 Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Amazonius germani Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022
2022-02-24 Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Amazonius germani Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022
2022-02-24 Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Amazonius germani Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022
2022-02-24 Species synonymy Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022 Tapinauchenius concolor synonymized with Tapinauchenius plumipes
2022-02-24 Species synonymy Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022 Tapinauchenius violaceus synonymized with Tapinauchenius plumipes
2022-02-24 Species synonymy Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022 Tapinauchenius purpureus synonymized with Tapinauchenius plumipes
2022-02-24 Species synonymy Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022 Tapinauchenius gigas synonymized with Tapinauchenius plumipes
2022-02-24 New taxonomic reference entry Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022 n/a
2022-02-24 Species distribution update Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022 n/a (Old value)
2022-02-24 New taxonomic reference entry Simon, 1886e n/a
2022-02-24 Species synonymy Simon, 1886e Tapinauchenius deborrii synonymized with Tapinauchenius plumipes
2020-12-20 New taxonomic reference entry Cifuentes & Perafán, 2020 n/a