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Genus: Homoeomma Ausserer, 1871 | Family: Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869

Homoeomma nigrum (Walckenaer, 1837)

SPECIES | NOMEN DUBIUM

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002127

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Described:

Distribution: Brazil

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Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France m (lost) - (Galleti-Lima et al., 2026)

Taxonomic References

Mygale nigra Walckenaer, 1837: 214 (Dmf) Original description

Mygale nigra Walckenaer, 1841: 427 (f)

Homoeomma nigrum Pocock, 1903b: 111 (S of Homoeomma stradlingi, revalidated by Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1972: 244)

Homoeomma nigrum Galleti-Lima et al., 2026: 233 (types lost, not identifiable, nomen dubium)

References

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

Pocock, R. I. (1903b). On some genera and species of South-American Aviculariidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 11(61): 81-115. doi: 10.1080/00222930308678729 -- Show included taxa

Walckenaer, C. A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des insectes. Aptères. Tome premier. Roret, Paris, 682 pp., pl. 1-15. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.61095 [[plates in second pdf]] -- Show included taxa

Walckenaer, C. A. (1841). Histoire naturelle des Insects. Aptères. Tome deuxième. Roret, Paris, 549 pp., pl. 16-22. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.61095 [[not published in 1837, see pp. 430, 452, 505; plates in second pdf of Walckenaer, 1837]] -- 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	Old value	Comment
2026-01-27	Taxon is nomen dubium	Galleti-Lima et al., 2026		Taxon declared a nomen dubium