Amazonius germani
| Amazonius germani | |
|---|---|
| Young female (initially misidentified as Tapinauchenius gigas, a synonym of Tapinauchenius plumipes) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Amazonius |
| Species: | A. germani
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| Binomial name | |
| Amazonius germani | |
Amazonius germani is a species of spider in the tarantula family Theraphosidae, found in French Guiana and Brazil.[1]
Taxonomy
In 1994, Günter Schmidt described a spider from French Guiana he identified as Tapinauchenius gigas (a synonym of Tapinauchenius plumipes). His identification was then followed by other arachnologists. However, it is now considered that Schmidt misidentified this spider, which was described as the new species Amazonius germani in 2022.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Taxon details Amazonius germani Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2025-08-30
- ^ Cifuentes, Y. & Bertani, R. (2022), "Taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of the tarantula genera Tapinauchenius Ausserer, 1871, Psalmopoeus Pocock, 1985, and Amazonius n. gen. (Theraphosidae, Psalmopoeinae)", Zootaxa, 5101 (1): 1–123, doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5101.1.1, hdl:11449/218826