title: Tmesiphantes hypogeus sp. nov. (Araneae, Theraphosidae), the first troglobitic tarantula from Brazil.
abstract: 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.
authors: Instituto Butantan, Laboratório Especial de Ecologia e Evolução, São Paulo, SP, Brasil. rbert@butantan.gov.br
authors: Rogério
authors: R
authors: Bertani
authors: Maria Elina
authors: ME
authors: Bichuette
authors: Denis R
authors: DR
authors: Pedroso
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D013045:Species Specificity; D013112:Spiders / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*