Tmesiphantes crassifemur (Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1960)

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Described:

Distribution: Argentina

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Taxonomic References
Melloleitaoina crassifemur Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1960: 201, f. 1-3 (Dm) Original description
Melloleitaoina crassifemur Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1973b: 75, f. 45-49 (mf f. 50 see Tmesiphantes uru)
Melloleitaoina crassifemur Smith, 1986b: 91, f. 69h (m)
Melloleitaoina crassifemur Smith, 1987d: 91, f. 69h (m)
Dryptopelma crassifemur Schmidt, 1993d: 65, f. 93-94 (mf f. 95 see Tmesiphantes uru)
Melloleitaoina crassifemur Pérez-Miles et al., 1996: 53, f. 29 (m, T from Dryptopelma)
Melloleitaoina crassifemur Schaefer, 1996: 24, f. 8-9 (m)
Melloleitaoina crassifemur Schmidt, 1997g: 16, f. 73-74 (mf f. 75 see Tmesiphantes uru)
Melloleitaoina crassifemur Schmidt, 1999f: 8, f. 17-18 (mf f. 19 see Tmesiphantes uru)
Melloleitaoina crassifemur Schmidt, 2003l: 126, f. 108-109 (mf f. 110 see Tmesiphantes uru)
Melloleitaoina crassifemur Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014a: 119, f. 2-6 (m)
Tmesiphantes crassifemur Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2019: 655 (T from Melloleitaoina)
Tmesiphantes crassifemur Pérez-Miles, 2020: 7, f. 1.7a (m)
Tmesiphantes crassifemur Joel & Ferretti, 2025: 286, f. 2A-G (Df)
References

Fabiano-da-Silva, W., Guadanucci, J. P. L. & DaSilva, M. B. (2019). Taxonomy and phylogenetics of Tmesiphantes Simon, 1892 (Araneae, Theraphosidae). Systematics and Biodiversity 17(7): 650-668. doi: 10.1080/14772000.2019.1685021 -- Show included taxa

Gerschman de P., B. S. & Schiapelli, R. D. (1960). Un nuevo género con una nueva especie de Ischnocolinae (Araneae-Theraphosidae). Physis, Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Ciencias Naturales (C) 21: 200-206. -- Show included taxa

Gerschman de P., B. S. & Schiapelli, R. D. (1973b). La subfamilia Ischnocolinae (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia (Ent.) 4: 43-77. -- Show included taxa

Joel, B. M. & Ferretti, N. E. (2025). Descriptions of unknown sexes of Theraphosidae spiders (Mygalomorphae: Plesiopelma, Tmesiphantes) from northern Argentina. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Nueva Serie 27(2): 283-290. doi: 10.22179/REVMACN.27.890 -- Show included taxa

Perafán, C. & Pérez-Miles, F. (2014a). Three new species of Melloleitaoina Gerschman and Schiapelli, 1960 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae) from northern Argentina. ZooKeys 404: 117-129. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.404.6243 -- 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

Pérez-Miles, F. (2020). Introduction to the Theraphosidae. In: Pérez-Miles, F. (ed.) New World Tarantulas. Zoological Monographs, 6, pp. 1-23. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-48644-0_1 -- 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. (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. (1999f). Bestimmungsschlüssel für die Gattungen der argentinischen Vogelspinnen und kommentierte Liste der argentinischen Vogelspinnenarten (Arachnida: Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae. Arachnologisches Magazin 7(11/12): 1-17. -- 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

External Resource References

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Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2025-10-28 New taxonomic reference entry Joel & Ferretti, 2025
2025-10-28 First description of male Joel & Ferretti, 2025 Old value
2020-12-20 New taxonomic reference entry Pérez-Miles, 2020
2020-06-22 New taxonomic reference entry Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2019
2020-06-22 Species transferred to new genus Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2019 Species transferred from Melloleitaoina to Tmesiphantes
2014-07-03 New taxonomic reference entry Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014a
2014-07-03 Species updated Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1973b Old value
2014-07-03 Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014a Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Melloleitaoina uru Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014
2014-07-03 Taxonomic reference update Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014a Old value
2014-07-03 Taxonomic reference update Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014a Old value
2014-07-03 Taxonomic reference update Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014a Old value
2014-07-03 Taxonomic reference update Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014a Old value
2014-07-03 Taxonomic reference update Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014a Old value
2014-07-03 Taxonomic reference update Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014a Old value

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