Tarantupedia
TheraphosidaeSpecies ListBibliographyResearchersMapAnalytics
  1. Home
  2. › Theraphosidae
  3. › Psalmopoeus
  4. › Psalmopoeus copanensis

Psalmopoeus copanensis Gabriel & Sherwood, 2020

♀ Female described

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Bibliography

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.
Peñaherrera-R., P. J., León-E, R. J., Guerrero-Campoverde, A., Falcón-Reibán, J. M., Fajardo-Torres, J. D., Picón-Rentería, P., Gabriel, R., Sherwood, D. & Cisneros-Heredia, D. F. (2025). Novel insights on Psalmopoeinae Samm & Schmidt, 2010 (Araneae: Theraphosidae): new species, taxonomic restorations, and reversal of four erroneous synonymies. Arachnology 20 (3): 491-508.

Distribution

Honduras

Type Locality: Copan, Honduras

Etymology

The species epithet is in reference to Copán, the location in Honduras in which the holotype was collected.

Tarantupedia Tree Tarantupedia

The world's most comprehensive database of theraphosid taxonomy, derived from peer-reviewed scientific literature.

Explore

Theraphosidae Species List Bibliography Distribution Map

Resources

About Contributors Contact

© 2026 Tarantupedia. Created by Dimitri Kambas.

Data sourced from peer-reviewed scientific publications.