Revision Ephebopus + Ephebopus foliatus sp. nov. + Aviculariinae

[Martin Huber]

Hi all,

a new Revision of the genus Ebephebopus, inter alia with the describtion of a new species (Ephebopus foliatus sp. nov.) and a discussion of the subfamily Aviculariiinae:

• WEST, R. C., S. D. MARSHALL, C. S. FUKUSHIMA & R. BERTANI (200: Review and cladistic analysis of the Neotropical tarantula genus Ephebopus Simon 1892 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) with notes on the Aviculariinae. Zootaxa (1849): 35–58.
  
  Abstract:
  The tarantula genus Ephebopus Simon 1892 is reviewed and includes the type species, E. murinus (Walckenaer 1837),
  and E. uatuman Lucas, Silva & Bertani 1992, E. cyanognathus West & Marshall 2000, E. rufescens West & Marshall
  2000 and Ephebopus foliatus, sp. nov., from Guyana. Ephebopus violaceus Mello-Leitão 1930 is transferred to Tapinauchenius
  Ausserer, where it is a senior synonym of Tapinauchenius purpureus Schmidt 1995 new synonymy. Ephebopus
  fossor Pocock 1903 is considered a nomen dubium. Ephebopus occurs in northeastern South America where it is
  known only from Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana. Spiders of the genus are generally fossorial; however,
  Ephebopus murinus has a developmental stage that is arboreal. A cladistic analysis of the Theraphosidae retrieves the
  Aviculariinae as monophyletic, including Avicularia Lamarck, Iridopelma Pocock 1901, Pachistopelma Pocock 1901,
  Tapinauchenius, Psalmopoeus Pocock, Ephebopus, Stromatopelma Karsch and Heteroscodra Pocock, having as a synapomorphy
  the well-developed scopulae on tarsi and metatarsi I–II that is very laterally extended.

all the best,
Martin