Eupalaestrus

Eupalaestrus
female E. campestratus
male E. weijenberghi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Theraphosidae
Genus:	Eupalaestrus Pocock, 1901 [1]
Type species
E. campestratus (Simon, 1891)
Species
6, see text
Synonyms [1]
Weyenberghiana Mello-Leitão, 1941 [2]

Eupalaestrus is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1901. ^[3]

Distribution

Spiders in this genus are found in Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil: ^[1]

Species

As of October 2025 ^[update] , this genus includes six species: ^[1]

• 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 spinosissimusMello-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. tarsicrassusBücherl, 1947 = Eupalaestrus spinosissimusMello-Leitão, 1923
• E. tennuitarsusBücherl, 1947 = Eupalaestrus campestratus(Simon, 1891)

See also

• List of Theraphosidae species

References

1. "Gen. Eupalaestrus Pocock, 1901". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-28.
2. Gerschman de P., B. S.; Schiapelli, R. D. (1979). "Estudio de los ejemplares tipos de Lasiodora weijenberghi Thorell, 1894 y Eurypelma minax Thorell, 1894 (Araneae, Theraphosidae)". Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina. 37: 86.
3. Pocock, R. I. (1901). "Some new and old genera of S.-American Avicularidae". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 8 (7): 540–555. doi:10.1080/03745480109443359.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Eupalaestrus at iNaturalist