Tapinauchenius rasti Hüsser, 2018

♀ Female described ♂ Male described

Female

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Original Description

Hüsser, M. (2018). A first phylogenetic analysis reveals a new arboreal tarantula genus from South America with description of a new species and two new species of Tapinauchenius Ausserer, 1871 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae). ZooKeys 784: 59–93.

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Distribution

Lesser Antilles (St. Vincent and the Grenadines)

Type Locality: Mt. Taboi, Union Island, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Lesser Antilles

Etymology

The specific epithet is a noun in apposition as a recognition to Bastian Rast, Switzerland, who guided the author in his early years of tarantula research and is still tremendously supportive of the author’s work.

Specimen Records (4)

SMF ? ♂ Type Lesser Antilles (St. Vincent and the Grenadines)

Mt. Taboi, Union Island, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Lesser Antilles

2013 · col. Burgess, don. B Rast

MHCOL0087 ♀ Lesser Antilles (St. Vincent and the Grenadines)

Mt. Taboi, Union Island, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Lesser Antilles

MHCOL0076 ♂ Lesser Antilles (St. Vincent and the Grenadines)

Mt. Taboi, Union Island, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Lesser Antilles

MHCOL0075 ♂ Lesser Antilles (St. Vincent and the Grenadines)

Mt. Taboi, Union Island, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Lesser Antilles

Bibliography (2)

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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.