A new species of Plesiopelma from Uruguay (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Theraphosinae)

Arias, V., Hilario, M., Ferretti, N. & Pérez-Miles, F. (2024). Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Naturais 19 (3): e2024-1001.

Original paper DOI: 10.46357/bcnaturais.v19i3.1001

Authors

Victoria Arias Maite HilarioNelson Ferretti Nelson FerrettiFernando Pérez-Miles Fernando Pérez-Miles

Abstract

We describe and illustrate a new tarantula species of the genus Plesiopelma from Lavalleja and Maldonado, Uruguay. Plesiopelma arevaloae sp. nov. is distinguished from other known species by morphological characters and molecular evidence. Individuals from Lavalleja and Maldonado were recovered as a distinct clade with high support in maximum likelihood and Bayesian inferences, with COI genetic distances always higher than 10 percent compared with all other populations considered.

Species (1)

Plesiopelma arevaloae