title: Proshapalopus
text: # Proshapalopus
  
  Proshapalopus is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1923.
  
  ## Species
  
  As of November 2022 it contains 3 species, found in Brazil:
  
  * Proshapalopus amazonicus Bertani, 2001 – Brazil
  * Proshapalopus anomalus Mello-Leitão, 1923 (type) – Brazil
  * Proshapalopus multicuspidatus (Mello-Leitão, 1929) – Brazil
  