Tonton (spider)

Tonton
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Microstigmatidae
Genus: Tonton
Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019[1]
Type species
T. itabirito
Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019
Species

7, see text

Tonton is a genus of South American mygalomorph spiders in the family Microstigmatidae. It was first described by V. Passanha, I. Cizauskas and Antônio Domingos Brescovit in 2019,[2] and it has only been found in Brazil.[1]

Species

As of October 2025, this genus includes seven species:[1]

  • Tonton emboaba (Pedroso, Baptista & Bertani, 2015) – Brazil
  • Tonton ipiau Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019 – Brazil
  • Tonton itabirito Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019 – Brazil (type species)
  • Tonton matodentro Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019 – Brazil
  • Tonton queca Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019 – Brazil
  • Tonton quiteria Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019 – Brazil
  • Tonton sapalo Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019 – Brazil

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Tonton Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-09.
  2. ^ Passanha, V.; Cizauskas, I.; Brescovit, A. D. (2019). "A new genus of Micromygalinae (Araneae, Microstigmatidae) from Brazil, with transfer of Masteria emboaba Pedroso, Baptista & Bertani, 2015 and description of six new species". ZooKeys (814): 1–32. doi:10.3897/zookeys.814.29906. PMC 6333731. PMID 30651710.

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