Amazonius elenae (Schmidt, 1994)

Common name: Ecuadorian orange

♀ Female described ♂ Male described

Female

Female

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Original Description

Schmidt, G. (1994). Eine Tapinauchenius-Art aus Ekuador (Araneida, Theraphosidae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, Neue Folge 41: 257-260.

Distribution

Ecuador

Type Locality: Napo, Ecuador

Etymology

In honor of Ms. ELENA QUEZADA that the two females of the Napa province has brought to Quito for shipping.

Bibliography (2)

Schmidt, G. (1994). Eine Tapinauchenius-Art aus Ekuador (Araneida, Theraphosidae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, Neue Folge 41: 257-260.

Cifuentes, Y. & Bertani, R. (2022). Taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of the tarantula genera Tapinauchenius Ausserer, 1871, Psalmopoeus Pocock, 1985, and Amazonius n. gen. (Theraphosidae, Psalmopoeinae). Zootaxa 5101(1): 1-123.