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Tapinauchenius is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871. [2] The name is a combination of the Greek ταπεινός , meaning "low", and αὐχήν , meaning "neck". [ 3 ]
Tapinauchenius plumipes (C. L. Koch, 1842) - Suriname; Tapinauchenius polybotes Hüsser, 2018 - Lesser Antilles (St. Lucia) Tapinauchenius rasti Hüsser, 2018 - Lesser Antilles (St. Vincent and the Grenadines) Tapinauchenius sanctivincenti (Walckenaer, 1837) - St. Vincent; Tapinauchenius violaceus (Mello-Leitão, 1930) - French Guiana, Brazil
Tapinauchenius plumipes is easily distinguished by their bright orange coloration on the legs and abdomen, carapace colored similar but lighter, females reach roughly 5.5 inches in diagonal leg span. It lacks urticating hairs and is arboreal. This species can be found in tree cavities and will often result to hasty retreat when disturbed.
Maria Sibylla Merian's illustration of a spider eating a bird, bottom left corner.Published 1705 after a research expedition in Dutch Surinam. The genus Avicularia was erected in 1818 by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck for species previously placed in Mygale Latreille, 1802, the genus name used at the time for most mygalomorph spiders.
As with other species of Tapinauchenius, males and females of Tapinauchenius rasti are distinguished from those of Ephebopus Simon, 1892 by lacking an urticating setae pad on the prolateral distal femur of the palp, and from Psalmopoeus Pocock, 1895 and Amazonius Cifuentes and Bertani, 2022 by lacking a maxillary lyra. [2]
Ephebopus is a genus of northeastern South American tarantulas that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892. [2] Its relation to other tarantulas is one of the most uncertain in the family, and it has been frequently moved around and has been placed in each of the eight subfamilies at least once.
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Hersiliidae is a tropical and subtropical family of spiders first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1869, [1] which are commonly known as tree trunk spiders. They have two prominent spinnerets that are almost as long as their abdomen, earning them another nickname, the "two-tailed spiders". They range in size from 10 to 18 mm (0.4 to 0.7 in) long.