Eupalaestrus weijenberghi ( Thorell 1894 )

Perafán, Carlos & Pérez-Miles, Fernando, 2014, The Andean tarantulas Euathlus Ausserer, 1875, Paraphysa Simon, 1892 and Phrixotrichus Simon, 1889 (Araneae: Theraphosidae): phylogenetic analysis, genera redefinition and new species descriptions, Journal of Natural History (J. Nat. Hist.) 48 (39 - 40), pp. 2389-2418 : 2412-2413

Eupalaestrus weijenberghi ( Thorell 1894)

Lasiodora weijenberghii Thorell 1894, p. 31 .

Pterinopelma saltator Pocock 1903, p. 108 .

Eurypelma saltator Simon 1903, p. 937 .

Weyenberghia weijemberghi Mello-Leitão 1941, p. 120 , pl. II, fig. 3 Weyemberghiana weijemberghi Schiapelli and Gerschman de 1961 , p. 203. Pterinopelma weijenberghi Gerschman de and Schiapelli 1979 , p. 86.

Paraphysa riparia Schmidt & Bolle 2008, p. 6 , figs. 1–6. Syn. nov.

Material examined

Holotype ♂ of Paraphysa riparia , Argentina, Entre Ríos, San Cipriano (in the original description is erroneously indicated as a district Uruguay), deposited at Senckenberg Museum , Frankfurt.

Remarks

The male holotype of Pa. riparia is Eupalaestrus weijenberghi ( Thorell 1894) because it clearly matches the palpal organ morphology and the presence of urticating setae type I, besides other specific characters. Female allotype of Pa. riparia has urticating setae type III and IV, so cannot be conspecific; urticating setae types I and IV do not co-occur in any known theraphosid species. Hence, Pa. riparia is a junior synonym of E. weijenberghi and female is identified as Grammostola burzaquensis (see below).