Psalmopoeinae, Samm & Schmidt, 2010

Cifuentes, Yeimy & Bertani, Rogerio, 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), pp. 1-123 : 32

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5101.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6316485

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scientific name

Psalmopoeinae
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Psalmopoeinae Samm and Schmidt, 2010

Psalmopoeinae Samm and Schmidt, 2010: 36.

Diagnosis. Males and females with scopula of tarsi and metatarsi laterally extended, giving a spatulate appearance, in conjunction with anterior row of eyes straight or slightly procurve and 1 to 3 distal spines ventrally on tibiae and/or metatarsi III and IV.

Genera included. Tapinauchenius Ausserer, 1871 , Ephebopus Simon, 1892 , Psalmopoeus Pocock, 1895 , and Amazonius n. gen.

Distribution. Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Peru and Venezuela ( Figs 21–23 View FIGURES 21–23. 21 , 145 View FIGURE 145 , 311 View FIGURE 311 ).

Key to Psalmopoeinae genera

1 Prolateral distal palpal femora with a pad of urticating setae ( West et al. 2008: figs 19, 20; Fukushima and Bertani 2017: fig. 4).......................................................................................... Ephebopus View in CoL

- Prolateral distal palpal femora lacking a pad of urticating setae................................................. 2

2 Prolateral maxillae with stridulatory setae forming a lyriform organ ( Figs 156 View FIGURES 154–157 , 322 View FIGURES 320–323 )................................. 3

- Stridulatory setae absent on maxillae........................................................... Tapinauchenius View in CoL

3 Maxillary lyra with thick bristles disposed in one row ( Fig. 156 View FIGURES 154–157 )...................................... Psalmopoeus View in CoL

4 Maxillary lyra with slender bristles forming an oval patch ( Fig. 322 View FIGURES 320–323 )............................... Amazonius View in CoL n. gen.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Theraphosidae

Loc

Psalmopoeinae

Cifuentes, Yeimy & Bertani, Rogerio 2022
2022
Loc

Psalmopoeinae

Samm, R. & Schmidt, G. 2010: 36
2010
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