''Tonton'' is a

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of South American mygalomorph spiders in the family

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. It was first described by V. Passanha, I. Cizauskas and

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in 2019, and it has only been found in

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Species

it contains seven species: *'' T. emboaba'' (Pedroso, Baptista & Bertani, 2015) – Brazil *'' T. ipiau'' Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019 – Brazil *'' T. itabirito'' Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019 (

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) – Brazil *'' T. matodentro'' Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019 – Brazil *'' T. queca'' Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019 – Brazil *'' T. quiteria'' Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019 – Brazil *'' T. sapalo'' Passanha, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2019 – Brazil

Species

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