Homoeomma montanum (Mello-Leitão, 1923)

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Described:

Distribution: Brazil

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Type Repository Provide information
  • Holotype: Instituto Butantan, São Paulo (IBSP), Brazil (Syn: Homoeomma hirsutum) m - (Pérez-Miles et al., 1996)
  • Holotype: Instituto Butantan, São Paulo (IBSP), Brazil m (103446) of Butantania hirsuta - (Galleti-Lima et al., 2026)
  • Holotype: Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (MNRJ), Brazil m (01410, not located, probably destroyed by the fire 2018) of Cyclothorax cyclothorax - (Lucas & Indicatti, 2015)
  • Syntype: Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (MNRJ), Brazil (database excerpt, August 2019) 2m 2f (00016, 14109; destroyed by the fire 2018) -
Taxonomic References
Tmesiphantes montanus Mello-Leitão, 1923a: 139, f. 48-50 (Dmf) Original description
Cyclothorax cyclothorax Mello-Leitão, 1923a: 342 (Dm, generic name preoccupied) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002032]
Cyclothoracoides cyclothorax Strand, 1929: 17 (generic replacement name)
Butantania hirsuta Mello-Leitão, 1935c: 359, f. 5-8 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002124]
Strongylothorax cyclothorax André, 1937: 27 (superfluous generic replacement name)
Butantania hirsuta Bücherl, 1957: 388, f. 25 (m)
Tmesiphantes montanus Bücherl, Timotheo & Lucas, 1971: 126, f. 38-41 (mf)
Homoeomma montanum Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1972: 249, f. 11-17 (mf, T from Tmesiphantes)
Butantania hirsuta Lucas & Bücherl, 1973: 242, f. 3-4 (m)
Butantania hirsuta Schmidt, 1986: 42, f. 18 (m)
Butantania hirsuta Smith, 1986b: 75, f. 6h (m)
Tmesiphantes montanus Smith, 1986b: 100, f. 109h (m)
Butantania hirsuta Smith, 1987d: 75, f. 6h (m)
Tmesiphantes montanus Smith, 1987d: 100, f. 109h (m)
Dryptopelma hirsutum Schmidt, 1993d: 65, f. 87 (m)
Homoeomma montanum Schmidt, 1993d: 67, f. 108-110 (mf)
Homoeomma hirsutum Pérez-Miles et al., 1996: 52, f. 26 (m)
Cyclosternum hirsutum Schaefer, 1996: 24, f. 14 (m)
Homoeomma montanum Schmidt, 1997g: 15, f. 26, 33, 39 (mf)
Homoeomma montanum Bertani, 2000: 30, f. 13-14 (m)
Homoeomma montanum Schmidt, 2003l: 170, f. 395, 397-398 (mf)
Homoeomma hirsutum Schmidt, 2003l: 170, f. 396 (m)
Homoeomma montanum Cavallo & Ferretti, 2015: 880 (S of Cyclothoracoides cyclothorax)
Homoeomma montanum Galleti-Lima et al., 2026: 223, f. 6A-I (mf, S of Homoeomma hirsutum)
References

André, M. (1937). Note synonymique. Strongylothorax n. nov. = Cyclothorax Leitao (non Frauenfeld). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 42(2): 27. doi: 10.3406/bsef.1937.15093 -- Show included taxa

Bertani, R. (2000). Male palpal bulbs and homologous features in Theraphosinae (Araneae, Theraphosidae). Journal of Arachnology 28: 29-42. -- Show included taxa

Bücherl, W. (1957). Sôbre a importância dos bulbos copuladores e das apófises tibiais dos machos na sistemática das aranhas caranguejeiras (Orthognatha). Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 29: 377-416. -- Show included taxa

Bücherl, W., Timotheo da Costa, A. & Lucas, S. (1971). Revisão de alguns tipos de aranhas caranguejeiras (Orthognatha) estabelecidos por Cândido de Mello-Leitão e depositados no Museu Nacional do Rio. Memórias do Instituto Butantan 35: 117-138. -- Show included taxa

Cavallo, P. & Ferretti, N. E. (2015). The first Hapalotremus Simon, 1903 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from Argentina: description and natural history of Hapalotremus martinorum sp. nov.. Journal of Natural History 49(15-16): 873-887. doi: 10.1080/00222933.2014.953226 -- Show included taxa

Galleti-Lima, A., Yamamoto, F. U., Lucas, S. M., Guadanucci, J. P. L. & Brescovit, A. D. (2026). Morphological revision of the species of Homoeomma Ausserer, 1871 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. Zootaxa 5752(2): 211-237. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5752.2.3 -- Show included taxa

Gerschman de P., B. S. & Schiapelli, R. D. (1972). El género Homoeomma Ausserer 1871 (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Physis, Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Ciencias Naturales (C) 31: 237-258. -- Show included taxa

Lucas, S. & Bücherl, W. (1973). Revision von Typenmaterial der Vogelspinnensammlung des Institutes Butantan. Zoologischer Anzeiger 190: 237-250. -- Show included taxa

Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1923a). Theraphosideas do Brasil. Revista do Museu Paulista 13: 1-438. -- Show included taxa

Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1935c). Tres novas aranhas tetrapneumones nas colleccoes do Instituto Butantan. Memórias do Instituto Butantan 9: 355-360. -- Show included taxa

Pérez-Miles, F., Lucas, S. M., Silva Jr., P. I. da & Bertani, R. (1996). Systematic revision and cladistic analysis of Theraphosinae (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Mygalomorph 1: 33-68. -- Show included taxa

Schaefer, R. (1996). Bemerkungen zu einigen Gattungen der Familie Theraphosidae inklusive der Beschreibung einer neuen Art aus Paraguay: Tmesiphantes spinopalpus sp. n. (Araneida: Theraphosidae). Arthropoda 4: 24-31. -- Show included taxa

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

Schmidt, G. (1993d). Vogelspinnen: Vorkommen, Lebensweise, Haltung und Zucht, mit Bestimmungsschlüsseln für alle Gattungen, Vierte Auflage. Landbuch Hannover, 151 pp. -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. (1997g). Bestimmungsschlüssel für die Gattungen der Unterfamilie Theraphosinae (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnologisches Magazin 3(Sonderausgabe): 1-27. -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. (2003l). Die Vogelspinnen: Eine weltweite Übersicht. Neue Brehm-Bücherei Hohenwarsleben, 383 pp. -- Show included taxa

Smith, A. M. (1986b). The tarantula: classification and identification guide. Fitzgerald Publishing London, 179 pp. -- Show included taxa

Smith, A. M. (1987d). The tarantula: classification and identification guide (second ed.). Fitzgerald Publishing London, 179 pp. -- Show included taxa

Strand, E. (1929). Zoological and palaeontological nomenclatorical notes. Acta Universitatis Latviensis 20: 1-29. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2026-01-27 New taxonomic reference entry Galleti-Lima et al., 2026
2015-07-08 New taxonomic reference entry Cavallo & Ferretti, 2015
2015-07-08 Species synonymy Cavallo & Ferretti, 2015 Homoeomma cyclothorax synonymized with Homoeomma montanum

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