Tmesiphantes

Tmesiphantes is a genus of Brazilian tarantulas in the subfamily Theraphosinae that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892. The genera Magulla and Melloleitaoina were brought into synonymy in 2019.

==Species== it contains 22 species, found in Brazil and Argentina: Tmesiphantes amadoi Yamamoto, Lucas, Guadanucci & Indicatti, 2007 - Brazil Tmesiphantes amazonicus Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2019 - Brazil Tmesiphantes aridai Gonzalez-Filho, Brescovit & Lucas, 2014 - Brazil Tmesiphantes bethaniae Yamamoto, Lucas, Guadanucci & Indicatti, 2007 - Brazil Tmesiphantes brescoviti (Indicatti, Lucas, Guadanucci & Yamamoto, 2008) - Brazil Tmesiphantes buecherli (Indicatti, Lucas, Guadanucci & Yamamoto, 2008) - Brazil Tmesiphantes caymmii Yamamoto, Lucas, Guadanucci & Indicatti, 2007 - Brazil Tmesiphantes crassifemur (Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1960) - Argentina Tmesiphantes guayarus Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2019 - Brazil Tmesiphantes hypogeus Bertani, Bichuette & Pedroso, 2013 - Brazil Tmesiphantes intiyaykuy Nicoletta, Ferretti, Chaparro & West, 2022 - Peru Tmesiphantes janeira (Keyserling, 1891) - Peru Tmesiphantes mirim Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2015 - Brazil Tmesiphantes mutquina (Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014) - Argentina Tmesiphantes nordestinus Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2019 - Brazil Tmesiphantes nubilus Simon, 1892 (type) - Brazil Tmesiphantes obesus (Simon, 1892) - Brazil Tmesiphantes perp Guadanucci & Silva, 2012 - Brazil Tmesiphantes raulseixasi Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2019 - Brazil Tmesiphantes riopretano Guadanucci & Silva, 2012 - Brazil Tmesiphantes uru (Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014) - Argentina Tmesiphantes yupanqui (Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014) - Argentina