Tapinauchenius sanctivincenti ( Walckenaer, 1837 )

Cifuentes, Yeimy & Bertani, Rogerio, 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), pp. 1-123 : 42-43

Tapinauchenius sanctivincenti ( Walckenaer, 1837)

( Figs 21–22 )

Mygale sancti-vincentii Walckenaer, 1837: 216 ; Ausserer 1871: 217.

Eurypelma sancti-vicenti: Simon, 1864: 67 .

Tapinauchenius sancti-vincenti: Simon, 1892: 553 ; F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896: 745, pl. 34, fig. 21; 1899: 898; Petrunkevitch 1911: 90; 1939: 291; Roewer 1942: 257.

Tapinauchenius sanctivincenti: Bonnet 1959: 4239 ; Hüsser 2018: 86 (species inquirenda); World Spider Catalog 2021.

Type material. Male from “Noveau Mondeu”, Saint Vincent, not found, presumed lost .

Remark. Walckenaer (1837) described T. sanctivincenti from Saint Vincent Island ( Figs 21–22 ) in the Caribbean, with no further information. As the type seems to be lost, Hüsser (2018) suggested it should be considered as species inquirenda. The type locality is an island, thus there is the possibility of recollecting specimens and to redescribe it; therefore, we consider it a valid species. More recently, Hüsser (2018) described two new species, T. polybotes (from Saint Lucia Island) and T. rasti (from Union Island) both in the same Archipelago of Saint Vincent Island. As all these islands are relatively close, there is the possibility of one of these two species be conspecific with T. sanctivincenti . However, this question will only be resolved after specimens from Saint Vincent Island are available for redescription and comparison.

Figures

FIGURES 21–23. 21, Map showing geographic records (dots) of Tapinauchenius species. 22, detail of the geographic records (dots) of T. sanctivincenti, T. latipes, T. polybotes and T. rasti. 23, detail of the geographic records (dots) of T. plumipes (red) and T. gretae n. sp. (black) in Central Amazonia, Brazil. Tapinauchenius plumipes (red), T. sanctivincenti (pink), T. latipes (green), T. brunneus (brown), T. cupreus (yellow), T. polybotes (purple), T. rasti (light blue), T. gretae n. sp. (black). MI = Mustique island; SL = Saint Lucia island; SV = Saint Vincent island; UI = Union island; TR = Trinidad; VE = Venezuela.