Eupalaestrus is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1901.
Distribution Spiders in this genus are found in Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil:
Species , this genus includes six species:
Eupalaestrus anomalus (Mello-Leitão, 1923) – Brazil Eupalaestrus campestratus (Simon, 1891) – Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina (type species) Eupalaestrus crassimetatarsis Borges, Paladini & Bertani, 2021 – Brazil, Argentina Eupalaestrus larae Ferretti & Barneche, 2012 – Argentina Eupalaestrus roccoi Borges, Paladini & Bertani, 2021 – Brazil Eupalaestrus weijenberghi (Thorell, 1894) – Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina
In synonymy: E. guyanus (Simon, 1892) = Eupalaestrus campestratus (Simon, 1891) E. holophaeus (Mello-Leitão, 1923, removed from S of Vitalius cesteri (Mello-Leitão, 1923), contra Bücherl, 1947a: 258, sub Pamphobeteus) = Eupalaestrus spinosissimus Mello-Leitão, 1923 E. pugilator Pocock, 1901 = Eupalaestrus campestratus (Simon, 1891) E. riparius (Schmidt & Bolle, 2008) = Eupalaestrus weijenberghi (Thorell, 1894) E. saltator (Pocock, 1903) = Eupalaestrus weijenberghi (Thorell, 1894) E. tarsicrassus Bücherl, 1947 = Eupalaestrus spinosissimus Mello-Leitão, 1923 E. tennuitarsus Bücherl, 1947 = Eupalaestrus campestratus (Simon, 1891)
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