Tapinauchenius brunneus Schmidt, 1995

♀ Female described ♂ Male described

Live specimen

Live specimen © Rogério Bertani, in Cifuentes & Bertani (2022, fig. 91)

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Original Description

Schmidt, G. (1995). Eine neue Tapinauchenius-Art aus Brasilien (Araneida: Theraphosidae: Aviculariinae), Tapinauchenius brunneus sp. n. Arachnologisches Magazin 3(1): 1-4.

Distribution

Brazil

Genitalia

Spermathecae — Spermathecae © Cifuentes & Bertani (2022, fig. 85) — the first female described, MZUSP 76529

Male palp — Male palp © Cifuentes & Bertani (2022, figs 78–81) — holotype male, SMF 38008

Taxonomic History

1995
Tapinauchenius brunneus Schmidt, 1995
Known only from the holotype male until Cifuentes & Bertani (2022) redescribed the male and described the female for the first time, from a specimen collected at Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil in 2013 (MZUSP 76529). The female spermathecae taper to the tip, which separates them from those of T. gretae.

Bibliography (2)

Schmidt, G. (1995). Eine neue Tapinauchenius-Art aus Brasilien (Araneida: Theraphosidae: Aviculariinae), Tapinauchenius brunneus sp. n. Arachnologisches Magazin 3(1): 1-4.

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.