Tonton

Tonton is a genus of South American mygalomorph spiders in the family Microstigmatidae. It was first described by V. Passanha, I. Cizauskas and Antônio Domingos Brescovit in 2019,^[2] and it has only been found in Brazil.^[1]

Species

As of April 2022 it contains seven species:^[1]

• T. emboaba (Pedroso, Baptista & Bertani, 2015) – Brazil
• T. ipiau Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019 – Brazil
• T. itabirito Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019 (type) – Brazil
• T. matodentro Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019 – Brazil
• T. queca Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019 – Brazil
• T. quiteria Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019 – Brazil
• T. sapalo Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019 – Brazil

See also

• Masteria
• List of Microstigmatidae species

References

Tonton est un genre d'araignées mygalomorphes de la famille des Microstigmatidae^[1].

Distribution

Les espèces de ce genre sont endémiques du Brésil^[1].

Liste des espèces

Selon World Spider Catalog (version 21.0, 27/06/2020)^[2] :

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

Publication originale

• Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 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, n^o 814, p. 1-32 (texte intégral).

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