Plesiopelma longisternale (Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1942)

Described by Berta S. Gerschman de Pikelin, Rita D. Schiapelli

Common name: Argentine pygmy

♀ Female described ♂ Male described

Female

Female

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Original Description

Schiapelli, R. D. & Pikelin, B. S. G. de (1942). Arañas argentinas (Ia parte). Anales del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales 40: 317-332.

Distribution

ArgentinaUruguay

Type Locality: Campo Gallo, provincia Santiago Del Estero

Genitalia

Male palp — Male palp © Montes de Oca & Pérez-Miles (2009), fig. 14, left palpal organ in prolateral view

Taxonomic History

1942
Ceropelma longisternalis Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1942
1996
Pérez-Miles et al. (1996) made Ceropelma a junior synonym of Plesiopelma, moving this species to Plesiopelma, and figured the tibial spurs of a male from Uruguay.

Bibliography (3)

Schiapelli, R. D. & Pikelin, B. S. G. de (1942). Arañas argentinas (Ia parte). Anales del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales 40: 317-332.

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

Oca, L. M. de & Pérez-Miles, F. (2009). Las arañas Mygalomorphae del Uruguay: clave para familias, géneros y especies. INNOTEC, Revista del Laboratorio Tecnologico del Uruguay 4: 41-49.