Psalmopoeus zombie Sherwood, Peñaherrera-R., Gabriel, Guerrero-Campoverde, León-E., Falcón-Reibán, Fajardo-Torres, Picón-Rentería & Cisneros-Heredia, 2025

Described by Ray Gabriel, Danniella Sherwood, Pedro J. Peñaherrera Romero, Ariel Guerrero-Campoverde, Roberto J. León-E, José Manuel Falcón-Reibán, Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia, Jaime Daniel Fajardo-Torres, Patricio Picón-Rentería

♀ Female described ♂ Male described

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Original Description

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

Colombia

Type Locality: COLOMBIA: Altaquer, Reserva Natural Río Ñambí, Barbacoas, departamento de Nariño

Etymology

A noun in apposition referring to the anti-violence song "Zombie" by the Irish rock band The Cranberries, whose lead vocals were sung by the late Dolores O'Riordan (1971-2018).

Specimen Records (2)

ICN-Ar-7507-PZ3 ♀ Holotype Colombia

Altaquer, Reserva Natural Río Ñambí, Barbacoas, Nariño

October 2012 · col. D. Martínez, C. Castellanos & C. Perafán

Holotype female of Psalmopoeus zombie. The lot ICN-Ar-7507 had been examined by Cifuentes & Bertani (2022) and identified wholly as P. ecclesiasticus.

ICN-Ar-7507-PZ1, PZ2; ICN-Ar-6950 mixed Paratype Colombia

Altaquer, Reserva Natural Río Ñambí, Barbacoas; ICN-Ar-6950 from 1.3 -78.08, 1400 m, Nariño

October 2012 · col. D. Martínez, C. Castellanos & C. Perafán

Paratypes of Psalmopoeus zombie: 1 male (PZ1), 2 females (PZ2, ICN-Ar-6950)

Genitalia

Spermathecae © Peñaherrera-R. et al. (2025, fig. 9) — holotype female ICN-Ar-7507-PZ3 (drawing and photo) and paratype ICN-Ar-7507-PZ2

Taxonomic History

Psalmopoeus zombie Sherwood, Peñaherrera-R., Gabriel, Guerrero-Campoverde, León-E., Falcón-Reibán, Fajardo-Torres, Picón-Rentería & Cisneros-Heredia, 2025
Hidden inside a single museum jar. Cifuentes & Bertani (2022) examined lot ICN-Ar-7507 and identified it as Psalmopoeus ecclesiasticus; two of the specimens are indeed that species, but the jar also held an unidentifiable immature and three specimens of this undescribed one.