Euathlus truculentus L. Koch, 1875

♀ Female described ♂ Male described

Male

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Original Description

Ausserer, A. (1875). Zweiter Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autor). Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 25.

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Distribution

ChileArgentina

Adult Male Activity

Collection months of 1 adult male specimen record, against the rainfall where they live

Adult males collected

Mean monthly rainfall and temperature 2001–2020 near where these males were collected, Chile. MERRA-2 via NASA POWER, for a grid cell averaging 0 m. Wet and dry seasons, from the rainfall at the locality itself.

Specimen Records (2)

CRMV/014-THE ♂ Chile

Pichidangui, Provincia de Choapa, Región de Coquimbo

April 2018 · col. Andrés Olivera

CRMV/015-THE ♀ Chile

Pichidangui, Provincia de Choapa, Región de Coquimbo

April 2018 · col. Andrés Olivera

Taxonomic History

1996
Pérez-Miles et al. (1996) examined the type male in London and placed Paraphysa phryxotrichoides Strand, 1907 - whose type they could not find - in its synonymy, Strand's description agreeing with the type of truculentus.

Bibliography (3)

Ausserer, A. (1875). Zweiter Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autor). Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 25.

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Pérez-Miles, F. (1996). Systematic revision and cladistic analysis of Theraphosinae (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Mygalomorph 1: 33-68.

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Montenegro V., R. & Aguilera, M. A. (2024). Tarántulas chilenas de la subfamilia Theraphosinae (Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae): una revisión a nivel de género. Revista Chilena de Entomología 50 (2): 329-352.