Ephebopus
| Ephebopus | |
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| File:Ephobopus cyanognathus.jpg | |
| Ephebopus cyanognathus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Ephebopus Simon, 1892[1] |
| Type species | |
| E. murinus (Walckenaer, 1837)
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| Species | |
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Ephebopus is a genus of northeastern South American tarantulas that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892.[2] Its relation to other tarantulas is one of the most uncertain in the family, and it has been frequently moved around and has been placed in each of the eight subfamilies at least once.[3]
Description
[edit | edit source]They normally grow to a legspan of 10 to 15 centimetres (3.9 to 5.9 in). Most live in burrows, though E. murinus spends an adolescent stage living in trees. Like many other New World tarantulas, these spiders will brush urticating hairs from their bodies as a defense against potential predation. However, these spiders are unique because instead of the abdomen, these hairs are located on the pedipalps, and are removed by rubbing the palps against the chelicerae.[4]
Diagnosis
[edit | edit source]They can be differentiated from all other tarantulas by the urticating patch of type 5 urticating hairs, on the pedipalp femora.[3]
Species
[edit | edit source]As of July 2022[update] it contains five species, found in Brazil, Suriname, Guyana, and French Guiana:[3][1]
- Ephebopus cyanognathus West & Marshall, 2000 – French Guiana
- Ephebopus foliatus West, Marshall, Fukushima & Bertani, 2008 – Guyana
- Ephebopus murinus (Walckenaer, 1837) (type) – French Guiana, Suriname, Brazil
- Ephebopus rufescens West & Marshall, 2000 – French Guiana, Brazil
- Ephebopus uatuman Lucas, Silva & Bertani, 1992 – Brazil
In synonymy
[edit | edit source]- E. bistriatus (C. L. Koch, 1838) = Ephebopus murinus (Walckenaer, 1837)
Nomen Dubium
[edit | edit source]- Ephebopus fossor Pocock, 1903 - Ecuador
Transferred to other genera
[edit | edit source]- Ephebopus violaceus Mello-Leitão, 1930 → Tapinauchenius plumipes
See also
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