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Tmesiphantes caymmii Yamamoto et al., 2007

Brazil ♂♀

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Taxonomy and History

Scientific Name : Tmesiphantes caymmii

Described By: Yamamoto et al., 2007
Researcher Profile: Flávio Uemori Yamamoto, Sylvia M. Lucas, José Paulo Leite Guadanucci, Rafael Prezzi Indicatti
Genus: Tmesiphantes
Etymology: The species is named in honor of Dorival Caymmi, song writer and singer of brazilian popular music, natural from the state of Bahia.
Original Type Locality: Male holotype from Poções, Bahia, Brazil, 03.VII. 2002, A. Zanotti leg. (IBSP 11311)

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Revision of the genus Tmesiphantes Simon (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae)

Flávio Uemori Yamamoto, Sylvia M. Lucas, José Paulo Leite Guadanucci, Rafael Prezzi Indicatti ,2007
The genus Tmesiphantes Simon, 1892 is revised. The type-species, T. nubilus Simon, 1892, is redescribed and three new species are described from the state of Bahia, Brazil: T. amadoi sp. nov., T. bethaniae sp. nov. and T. caymmii sp. nov. In addition, Tmesiphanthes physopus Mello-Leitão, 1926 and T. minensis Mello-Leitão, 1943 are transferred to Plesiopelma Pocock, 1901. T. chickeringi is considered species inquirenda.
Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 24: 971-980
- Tmesiphantes amadoi, Tmesiphantes bethaniae, Tmesiphantes caymmii

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