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Genus: Thalerommata Ausserer, 1875 | Family: Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869

Thalerommata gracilis Ausserer, 1875

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001604

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Described:

Distribution: Colombia

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Type Repository Provide information

Lectotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK m (1890.7.1.358) - (Gonzalez-Filho, da Silva & Guadanucci, 2025)
Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France m (7193AR4612) of Thalerommata macella - (Gonzalez-Filho, da Silva & Guadanucci, 2025)
Paralectotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK 1f (1890.7.1.358) - (Gonzalez-Filho, da Silva & Guadanucci, 2025)

Taxonomic References

Thalerommata gracilis Ausserer, 1875: 182, pl. 6, f. 26-29 (Dmf) Original description

Aphantopelma macellum Simon, 1903a: 926, f. 1072 (m) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001605]

Aphantopelma macellum Simon, 1903k: 43 (Dm)

Thalerommata macella Raven, 1985a: 149 (T from Aphantopelma by S of the genus)

Aphantopelma macellum Schmidt, 1986: 41, f. 7 (m)

Thalerommata gracilis Bertani & Raven, 2023: 204, f. 1-4 (mf)

Thalerommata macella Bertani & Raven, 2023: 205, f. 5-10 (m)

Thalerommata gracilis Gonzalez-Filho, da Silva & Guadanucci, 2025: 230, f. 1A-H, 2A-E, 3A-H (mf, S of Thalerommata macella)

References

Ausserer, A. (1875). Zweiter Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autor). Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 25: 125-206, pl. 5-7. -- Show included taxa

Bertani, R. & Raven, R. J. (2023). On the genus Thalerommata Ausserer, 1875 (Araneae, Theraphosidae), with the description of six new species. Zootaxa 5271(2): 201-230. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5271.2.1 -- Show included taxa

Gonzalez-Filho, H. M. O., Silva, C. P. H. D. da & Guadanucci, J. P. L. (2025). New synonymy in Thalerommata Ausserer, 1875 (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae). Journal of Arachnology 52(3, 2024): 229-233. doi: 10.1636/JoA-S-23-013 [[publ. Jan. 22, 2025]] -- Show included taxa

Raven, R. J. (1985a). The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): cladistics and systematics. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 182: 1-180. -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. (1986). Vogelspinnen: Lebensweise, Bestimmungsschlüssel, Haltung und Zucht. Albrecht Philler, Minden, 126 pp. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1903a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second. Roret, Paris, pp. 669-1080. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts]] -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1903k). Descriptions de quelques genres nouveaux de la famille Aviculariides. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 8(3): 42-44. doi: 10.3406/bsef.1903.23197 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Comment
2025-02-08	New taxonomic reference entry	Gonzalez-Filho, da Silva & Guadanucci, 2025
2025-02-08	Species synonymy	Gonzalez-Filho, da Silva & Guadanucci, 2025	Thalerommata macella synonymized with Thalerommata gracilis
2023-04-26	New taxonomic reference entry	Bertani & Raven, 2023