Tonton (spider)
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]
| Tonton | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| 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 | |
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
- "Gen. Tonton Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
- Passanha, V.; Cizauskas, I.; Brescovit, A. D. (2019). "A new genus of Micromygalinae (Araneae, Microstigmatidae) from Brazil, with transfer of Masteria emboaba Pedroso, Baptista & Bertani, 2015 and description of six new species". ZooKeys. 814: 1–32. doi:10.3897/zookeys.814.29906. PMC 6333731.
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