Euathlus

{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Euathlus

| image = Eathlus truculentus.jpg

| image_caption = Eathlus truculentus

| authority = Ausserer, 1875

| type_species = E. truculentus

| type_species_authority = L. Koch, 1875

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 14, see text

| synonyms = *Paraphysa Simon, 1892{{cite journal| last1=Perafán| first1=C.| last2=Pérez-Miles| first2=F.| year=2014| title=The Andean tarantulas Euathlus Ausserer, 1875, Paraphysa Simon, 1892 and Phrixotrichus Simon, 1889 (Araneae: Theraphosidae): phylogenetic analysis, genera redefinition and new species descriptions| journal=Journal of Natural History| volume=48| issue=39–40| pages=2397| doi=10.1080/00222933.2014.902142| bibcode=2014JNatH..48.2389P| s2cid=84369662}}

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Euathlus is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1875.{{cite journal| last=Ausserer| first=A.| year=1875| title=Zweiter Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autor)| journal=Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien| pages=125–206| volume=25| author-link=Anton Ausserer}} These spiders are medium sized and are usually found in high elevations in the Andes.{{Cite journal |last1=Quispe-Colca |first1=Oscar M. |last2=Ferretti |first2=Nelson |date=2021-11-01 |title=First record of the tarantula genus Euathlus (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae) in Peru, with the description of a threatened new species |journal=Iheringia. Série Zoologia |language=en |volume=111 |doi=10.1590/1678-4766e2021026 |s2cid=240469531 |issn=0073-4721|doi-access=free |hdl=11336/150361 |hdl-access=free }} It is a senior synonym of Paraphysa, and was formerly considered a senior synonym of Brachypelma,{{cite journal| last=Raven| first=R. J.| year=1985| title=The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics| journal=Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History| volume=182| page=150| author-link=Robert Raven}} but this was later rejected.{{cite journal| last=Schmidt| first=G.| year=1991| title=Revision der Gattung Megaphobema (Araneida: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae)| journal=Arachnologischer Anzeiger| volume=13| page=12| author-link=Günter Schmidt (arachnologist)}}