Ephebopus murinus

Ephebopus murinus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Theraphosoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Mygalomorphae Superfamilia: Theraphosoidea

Familia: Theraphosidae
Subfamilia: Psalmopoeinae
Genus: Ephebopus

Species: Ephebopus murinus

Name

Ephebopus murinus (Walckenaer, 1837)

Type locality: ‘Le Para’

Holotype: MNHN. female ♀. AR4760, 2160

Synonyms

• Mygale murina Walckenaer, 1837 (original combination)
• Ephebopus murinus (Walckenaer): Simon, 1892: 155
• Santaremia pococki F.O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 (synonymized by Simon 1903: 952).
  • Type locality: Santarém, Pará, Brazil.
    • Holotype: BMNH. female ♀.

References

Primary references

• Walckenaer, C.A. 1837. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Histoire naturelle des Insects. Aptères 1: 1–682. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Simon, E.L. 1903. Histoire naturelle des araignées. Encyclopédie Roret, Paris; 2: 669-1080. BHL Reference page. 
• West, R.C., Marshall, S.D., Fukushima, C.S. & Bertani 2008: Review and cladistic analysis of the Neotropical tarantula genus Ephebopus Simon 1892 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) with notes on the Aviculariinae Zootaxa 1849: 35–58. Abstract & excerpt Reference page. 

Links

• Platnick, N.I. 2016. Ephebopus murinus (Walckenaer, 1837). The World Spider Catalog, version 17.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch.

Vernacular names

English: Skeleton Tarantula
español: Tarantula Esqueleto