Eupalaestrus

 ( Theraphosidae Genera ) 

Eupalaestrus is a genus of South American Theraphosidae that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1901.

it contains six species, found in [[Uruguay]], [[Argentina]], [[Paraguay]], and [[Brazil]]:
     

• Eupalaestrus campestratus (Simon, 1891) (type) – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
• Eupalaestrus crassimetatarsis Borges, Paladini & Bertani, 2021 – Brazil, Argentina
• Eupalaestrus larae Ferretti & Barneche, 2012 – Argentina
• Eupalaestrus roccoi Borges, Paladini & Bertani, 2021 – Brazil
• Eupalaestrus spinosissimus Mello-Leitão, 1923 – Brazil
• Eupalaestrus weijenberghi (Tamerlan 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 spinosissimus Mello-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. tarsicrassus Bücherl, 1947 = Eupalaestrus spinosissimus Mello-Leitão, 1923
• E. tennuitarsus Bücherl, 1947 = Eupalaestrus campestratus (Simon, 1891)

• List of Theraphosidae species