Euathlus
Genus of spiders
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Euathlus is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1875.[3] These spiders are medium sized and are usually found in high elevations in the Andes.[4] It is a senior synonym of Paraphysa,[2] and was formerly considered a senior synonym of Brachypelma,[5] but this was later rejected.[6]
| Euathlus | |
|---|---|
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| Eathlus truculentus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Euathlus Ausserer, 1875[1] |
| Type species | |
| E. truculentus L. Koch, 1875 | |
| Species | |
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14, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Diagnosis
Males own a palpal bulb with two prolateral keels, with the tip curved retrolaterally. The tibial apophyses has retrolateral spines and a spine on the retrolateral branch which almost reached the apex. And a urticating patch in the center of the opisthosoma, which own mainly type 3 and 4 urticating hairs. Females also can be distinguished by two 4 sided spermathecal receptacles, with sphere like chambers.[4]
Species
As of July 2022[update] it contains fourteen species, found in Argentina, Chile and Peru:[1]
- Euathlus affinis (Nicolet, 1849) – Chile
- Euathlus antai Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014 – Chile
- Euathlus atacama Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014 – Chile
- Euathlus condorito Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014 – Chile
- Euathlus diamante Ferretti, 2015 – Argentina
- Euathlus grismadoi Ríos-Tamayo, 2020 – Argentina
- Euathlus manicata (Simon, 1892) – Chile
- Euathlus mauryi Ríos-Tamayo, 2020 – Argentina
- Euathlus pampa Ríos-Tamayo, 2020 – Argentina
- Euathlus parvulus (Pocock, 1903) – Chile
- Euathlus sagei Ferretti, 2015 – Argentina
- Euathlus tenebrarum Ferretti, 2015 – Argentina
- Euathlus truculentus L. Koch, 1875 (type) – Chile, Argentina
- Euathlus vanessae Quispe-Colca & Ferretti, 2021 – Peru
In synonymy
- E. phryxotrichoides (Strand, 1907) = Euathlus truculentus
Nomen dubium
- Euathlus roseus (Guérin, 1838) - Chile
Transferred to other genera
- Euathlus albopilosus (Valerio, 1980) → Tliltocatl albopilosus
- Euathlus angustus (Valerio, 1980) → Sericopelma angustum
- Euathlus chilensis (Molina, 1810) → Phrixotrichus scrofa
- Euathlus emilia (White, 1856) → Brachypelma emilia
- Euathlus fossorius (Valerio, 1980) → Sandinista lanceolatum
- Euathlus mesomelas (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892) → Megaphobema mesomelas
- Euathlus pallidus (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) → Aphonopelma pallidum
- Euathlus peruvianus (Schmidt, 2007) → Thrixopelma peruvianum
- Euathlus pulcherrimaklaasi (Schmidt, 1991 ) → Cyclosternum pulcherrimaklaasi (Nomen dubium)
- Euathlus sabulosus (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) → Tliltocatl sabulosus
- Euathlus scrofa (Molina, 1782) → Phrixotrichus scrofa
- Euathlus smithi (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) → Brachypelma smithi
- Euathlus vagans (Ausserer, 1875) → Tliltocatl vagans
- Euathlus vulpinus (Karsch, 1880) → Phrixotrichus vulpinus
- Euathlus vulpinus ater (Donoso, 1957) → Phrixotrichus vulpinus ater (Nomen dubium)
