Tapinauchenius

Tapinauchenius
Tapinauchenius cupreus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Tapinauchenius
Ausserer, 1871[1]
Type species
T. plumipes
(C. L. Koch, 1842)
Species

9, see text

Synonyms
  • Pseudoclamoris

Tapinauchenius is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871.[2] The name is a combination of the Greek ταπεινός, meaning "low", and αὐχήν, meaning "neck".[3] In 2022, the genus Pseudoclamoris was transferred to Tapinauchenius.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference NMBE was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Ausserer, A. (1871). "Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autor)". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 21: 117–224.
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  4. ^ CIFUENTES, YEIMY; BERTANI, ROGERIO (2022-02-23). "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. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 35391055. S2CID 247076399.