Thalerommata kogui Osorio, Benavides, García-Atencia & Bertani, 2024

Described by Rogério Bertani, Luis M. Osorio, Léiner Benavides, Sandy García-Atencia

♀ Female described ♂ Male described

Live specimen © Osorio et al. (2024), live specimen at its retreat

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Original Description

Osorio, L. M., Benavides, L., García-Atencia, S. & Bertani, R. (2024). Three new species of tiny tarantulas of the genus Thalerommata Ausserer, 1875 (Araneae, Theraphosidae) from northern Colombia. Zootaxa 5537 (1): 95-114.

Distribution

Colombia

Type Locality: Minca, Vereda San Lorenzo, Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, cloud forest, 2511 m

Adult Male Activity

Collection months of 1 adult male specimen record, against the rainfall where they live

Adult males collected

Mean monthly rainfall and temperature 2001–2020 near where these males were collected, Colombia. MERRA-2 via NASA POWER, for a grid cell averaging 1933 m. Wet and dry seasons, from the rainfall at the locality itself.

Etymology

The specific epithet is a noun in apposition to one of the four ethnic groups that are distributed in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and whose culture still preserves many of its characteristics and traditions.

Specimen Records (2)

ICN-Ar 12994 ♂ Holotype Colombia

Minca, Vereda San Lorenzo, Santa Marta, cloud forest, 2511 m; ground hand collecting, Magdalena

July 2022 · col. L. Osorio, L. Benavides & M. J. García

Holotype male of Thalerommata kogui. Collected 17 July 2022.

ICN-Ar 12995 ♀ Paratype Colombia