A new species of Reversopelma Schmidt, 2001 from Ecuador, and two new tarantula genera from Argentina, Bolivia, and Colombia (Araneae: Theraphosidae)

Peñaherrera-R., P. J., Mora-Bolaños, J., Guerrero-Campoverde, A., León-E, R. J., Tamayo, D. R., Gabriel, R., Sherwood, D. & Cisneros-Heredia, D. F. (2025). Arachnology 20 (3): 462-472.

Original paper DOI: 10.13156/arac.2024.20.3.14

Authors

Pedro J. Peñaherrera Romero Pedro J. Peñaherrera Romero Jamie Mora-Bolaños Ariel Guerrero-Campoverde Roberto J. León-E Duniesky Ríos TamayoRay Gabriel Ray GabrielDanniella Sherwood Danniella Sherwood Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia

Abstract

The genus Reversopelma Schmidt, 2001 is revised and diagnosed based on examination of the type material of its type species, R. petersi Schmidt, 2001, and a new species, Reversopelma spinometatarsi sp. nov., from Ecuador. The new species from Ecuador provides further knowledge on the male palpal bulb and spermathecal morphology of Reversopelma, supporting the delimitation of a new genus: Vitriemboli gen. nov. (type species Vitriemboli diaguita sp. nov.), easily distinguished from Reversopelma by the presence of urticating setae types III and IV. The Bolivian species Reversopelma herzogi Gabriel, Sherwood & Pérez-Miles, 2023 is transferred to Vitriemboli (Vitriemboli herzogi comb. nov.) based on urticating setae and male palpal bulb morphology. A second new genus, Colombiarachne gen. nov. (type species Colombiarachne dianae sp. nov.), discovered separately, is described from Colombia.

Species (5)

Colombiarachne dianaeReversopelma petersiReversopelma spinometatarsiVitriemboli diaguitaVitriemboli herzogi