Tapinauchenius plumipes
| Tapinauchenius plumipes | |
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| Initially identified under the synonym Tapinauchenius violaceus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Tapinauchenius |
| Species: | T. plumipes
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| Binomial name | |
| Tapinauchenius plumipes (C.L. Koch, 1842)[1]
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Tapinauchenius plumipes is a tarantula native to western South America. It was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1842. Its synonyms include Tapinauchenius gigas; Amazonius germani was misidentified as T. gigas between 1994 and 2022.
Taxonomy
[edit]Tapinauchenius plumipes was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1842 as Mygale plumipes. It was transferred to the genus Tapinauchenius by Anton Ausserer in 1871.[1]
Among its synonyms is Tapinauchenius gigas.[1] In 1994, Günter Schmidt described a spider from French Guiana he identified as T. gigas. His identification was then followed by other arachnologists. However, it is now considered that Schmidt had misidentified this spider, which was described as Amazonius germani in 2022.[2]
Distribution
[edit]Tapinauchenius plumipes is native to western South America: Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Brazil.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Tapinauchenius plumipes (C. L. Koch, 1842)". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum, Bern. Retrieved 2025-08-30.
- ^ Cifuentes, Y. & Bertani, R. (2022). "Taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of the tarantula genera Tapinauchenius Ausserer, 1871, Psalmopoeus Pocock, 1985, and Amazonius n. gen. (Theraphosidae, Psalmopoeinae)". Zootaxa. 5101 (1): 1–123. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5101.1.1. hdl:11449/218826.