Amazonius (spider)
| Amazonius | |
|---|---|
| Amazonius burgessi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Amazonius Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022 |
| Species | |
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Amazonius is a genus of tarantulas first described by Cifuentes and Bertani in 2022. They are found in Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Brazil and French Guiana. Two of the four species were originally from the Tapinauchenius genus, being A. burgessi and A. elenae.[1] A. germani was misidentified as a species of Tapinauchenius in 1994, a misidentification that was only corrected in 2022.[2]
Species
As of July 2022, it contained four species:[1]
- Amazonius burgessi (Hüsser, 2018) – Venezuela, Colombia and Peru
- Amazonius elenae (Schmidt, 1994) (Type) – Ecuador and Brazil
- Amazonius germani Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022 – French Guiana and Brazil
- Amazonius giovaninii Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022 – Brazil
References
- ^ a b "Amazonius". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- ^ 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. hdl:11449/218826.