Euathlus affinis (Nicolet, 1849) Nicolet, 1849

Fukushima, Caroline Sayuri & Bertani, Rogerio, 2017, Taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of Avicularia Lamarck, 1818 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Aviculariinae) with description of three new aviculariine genera 01, ZooKeys 659, pp. 1-185 : 75-76

Euathlus affinis (Nicolet, 1849) comb. n. Figs 221, 225

Mygale affinis Nicolet, 1849: 333, pl. 1, fig. 6 (female lectotype and immature paralectotype designated, herein, from Chile, Santiago [33°28'S, 70°38'W]), MNHN–AR 4871B, examined).

Brachypelma affinis : Mello-Leitão 1936d: 118; Bonnet 1955: 2989.

Eurypelma affine : Roewer 1942: 238.

Avicularia affinis : World Spider Catalog 2016.

Remarks.

The lectotype female designated, herein, is a small specimen, with carapace 5.3 mm long (Fig. 221). It does not belong to any Aviculariinae species since it has spines on the legs and lacks the characteristic developed scopula on tarsi. Its spermathecae (Fig. 225) are compatible with Euathlus Ausserer, 1875 species ( Perafán and Pérez-Miles 2014), which have species recorded for the area where the specimen was collected (Santiago, Chile). Furthermore, the original illustration published by Nicolet (1849, plate 1) shows a spider with reddish coloration and lacking two urticating setae patches, which is also compatible with Euathlus species, such as Encyocratella parvulus (Pocock, 1903) and Euathlus condorito Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014. Therefore, we transfer Avicularia affinis (Nicolet, 1849) to Euathlus , resulting in Euathlus affinis (Nicolet, 1849) comb. n.