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Homoeomma
Sign in to saveHomoeomma (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. It is considered a senior synonym of Calopelma, Butantania, and of Cyclothoracoides. These tarantulas are usually quite small and usually burrow a few centimeters under a rock or log.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilyTheraphosidae
Homoeomma is een geslacht van spinnen uit de familie van de vogelspinnen (Theraphosidae). De typesoort van het geslacht is Homoeomma stradlingi.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5
- Family
- Theraphosidae
- Collections
- FMNH, MNRJ, MPEG
- Recorded in
- Brazil, Brasil
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Diagnosis
- Species
- In synonymy
- Transferred to other genera
- References
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. It is considered a senior synonym of Calopelma, Butantania, and of Cyclothoracoides. These tarantulas are usually quite small and usually burrow a few centimeters under a rock or log.
==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.
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