Biology:Tonton (spider)

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Tonton
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Microstigmatidae
Genus: Tonton
Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019[1]
Type species
T. itabirito Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019
Species

7, see text

Tonton is a genus of South American mygalomorph spiders in the family Microstigmatidae, first described by V. Passanha, I. Cizauskas & Antônio Domingos Brescovit in 2019.[2]

Species

(As of April 2019) it contains seven species:[1]

  • Tonton emboaba (Pedroso, Baptista & Bertani, 2015) — Brazil
  • Tonton ipiau Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019 — Brazil
  • Tonton itabirito Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019 — Brazil
  • Tonton matodentro Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019 — Brazil
  • Tonton queca Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019 — Brazil
  • Tonton quiteria Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019 — Brazil
  • Tonton sapalo Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019 — Brazil

References

Wikidata ☰ Q60525678 entry