Biology:Tmesiphantes yupanqui
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Short description: Species of spider
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Tmesiphantes |
| Species: | T. yupanqui
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| Tmesiphantes yupanqui (Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014)[1]
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Tmesiphantes yupanqui is a species of spider in the subfamily Theraphosinae of the family Theraphosidae. It is endemic to Argentina .[1]
Taxonomy
The species was first described in 2014 as Melloleitaoina yupanqui.[1] The specific name yupanqui is in honour of Atahualpa Yupanqui, a famous musician and a synonym of Héctor Aramburu.[2] In 2019, it was transferred to the genus Tmesiphantes.[1]
Characteristics
Tmesiphantes yupanqui has a very curved embolus with no triangular spine, and a discontinued prolateral superior keel (still on the embolus) which separates into two keels. The female spermathecae are short and with large granules.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Taxon details Tmesiphantes yupanqui (Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014)", World Spider Catalog (Natural History Museum Bern), https://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/species/53290, retrieved 2021-01-11
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Perafán, C.; Pérez-Miles, F. (2014), "Three new species of Melloleitaoina Gerschman and Schiapelli, 1960 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae) from northern Argentina", ZooKeys (404): 17–129, doi:10.3897/zookeys.404.6243, PMID 24843274
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