Biology:Homoeomma
Homoeomma (eyelike, from Ancient Greek ὅμοιος, like, and ὄμμα, eye) is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871.[1] It is considered a senior synonym of Calopelma,[2] Butantania,[3] and of Cyclothoracoides.[4] These tarantulas are usually quite small and usually burrow a few centimeters under a rock or log.[5]
Diagnosis
Males of this genus can be distinguished by the tile-like apophysis on the base of the palpal bulb, and the embolus being in an obtuse angle, in relation to the bulb. Males also have a flexion of the metatarsus 1, which is between the branches of the tibial apophysis. Females can be distinguished by the spermatheca morphology, which lacks constriction in the apex.[5]
Species
As of August 2022[update] it contains thirteen species, found in South America:[6]
- Homoeomma brasilianum (Chamberlin, 1917) – Brazil
- Homoeomma chilense Montenegro & Aguilera, 2018 – Chile
- Homoeomma elegans (Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1958) – Argentina
- Homoeomma familiare Bertkau, 1880 – Brazil
- Homoeomma hirsutum (Mello-Leitão, 1935) – Brazil
- Homoeomma montanum (Mello-Leitão, 1923) – Brazil
- Homoeomma nigrum (Walckenaer, 1837) – Brazil
- Homoeomma orellanai Montenegro & Aguilera, 2018 – Chile
- Homoeomma peruvianum (Chamberlin, 1916) – Peru
- Homoeomma strabo (Simon, 1892) – Colombia, Brazil
- Homoeomma stradlingi O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881 (type) – Brazil
- Homoeomma uruguayense (Mello-Leitão, 1946) – Uruguay, Argentina
- Homoeomma villosum (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil
In synonymy
- H. bicolor Sherwood, Gabriel & Longhorn, 2018 = Homoeomma chilense Montenegro & Aguilera, 2018
- H. cyclothorax (Mello-Leitão, 1923) = Homoeomma montanum (Mello-Leitão, 1923)
- H. moreirae (Mello-Leitão, 1923) = Homoeomma brasilianum (Chamberlin, 1917)
- H. regina (Chamberlin, 1917) = Homoeomma strabo (Simon, 1892)
- H. serratum (Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1958) = Homoeomma uruguayense (Mello-Leitão, 1946)
Transferred to other genera
- Homoeomma alcirae Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1954 → Plesiopelma alcirae
- Homoeomma humile Vellard, 1924 → Bumba humilis
- Homoeomma pictum (Pocock, 1903) → Anqasha picta'
- Homoeomma simoni Soares & Camargo, 1948 → Catanduba simoni
See also
References
- ↑ Ausserer, Anton (1871). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autor). Vienna. p. 210. https://archive.org/details/biostor-128324/page/210/mode/2up.
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedLuca2015 - ↑ 5.0 5.1 Montenegro, Rubén; A. Aguilera, Milenko; Casanueva, María Eugenia (2018). "First record of Homoeomma Ausserer, 1871 in Chile and description of two new species". https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329483842.
- ↑ Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2022). Gen. Homoeomma Ausserer, 1871. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3372. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
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