A new species of Tmesiphantes Simon, 1892, is described from sandstone/quartizitic caves of Chapada Diamantina, Bahia State, Brazil. This is the fifth species of the genus and the first record of a troglobitic mygalomorph in Brazil. A key is presented for all Tmesiphantes species.
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Bertani, R., Bichuette, M. E., & Pedroso, D. R. (2013). Tmesiphantes hypogeus sp. nov. (Araneae, Theraphosidae), the first troglobitic tarantula from Brazil. Anais Da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias, 85(1), 235–243. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0001-37652013005000007
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