Nelson Ferretti

Publishing 2012–2025

22 papers 40 species 13 genera 3 countries

Biography

My work focuses on Taxonomy, Systematics, Biogeography, Ecology and Ethology of mygalomorph spiders from Argentina. Im currently working with phylogeographic patterns and modelling species distribution of the Mygalomorphae from the mountanious systems in central Argentina.

Publication activity

2012 2025

New taxa described

2012 2025

Described Taxa Distribution

Hapalotremus 12 Antikuna 7 Euathlus 3 Bistriopelma 2 Plesiopelma 2 Thrixopelma 2 Bumba 1 Chinchaysuyu 1 Eupalaestrus 1 Grammostola 1 Isiboroa 1 Phrixotrichus 1 Tmesiphantes 1 Unplaced 1

36 type localities across 14 genera

Frequent collaborators (27)

Rick C. West 9 Juan C. Chaparro 8 José A. Ochoa 6 Micaela Nicoletta 4 Fernando Pérez-Miles 2 Gabriel Pompozzi 2 Jorge Barneche 2 Patricio E. Cavallo 2 Alda González 1 Danniella Sherwood 1 Duniesky Ríos Tamayo 1 Fiorella Signorotto 1

Papers (22)

Allegue, M. & Ferretti, N. (2025). Hidden in the plains: Two new extra-andean species of Euathlus (Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae) from Argentina with comments on their sexual behaviour. Zoologica Scripta 54 (2): 213-218.

Signorotto, F., Ferretti, N., Chaparro, J. C., Ochoa, J. A. & West, R. C. (2025). The genus Thrixopelma Schmidt, 1994 from Peru: redescription of the male of T. ockerti Schmidt, 1994 (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae), and a new species. Arachnology 20 (1): 107-114.

Ferretti, N., Chaparro, J. C., Ochoa, J. A. & West, R. C. (2025). Phylogeny of the high-altitude tarantulas Hapalotremus Simon, 1903 (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae) with the description of a new species. Insect Systematics & Evolution 56 (1): 90-110.

Ferretti, N., Nicoletta, M. & Daniela, S. (2024). An integrative taxonomy approach evaluates the limits of the widespread tarantula Plesiopelma longisternale (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae) and reveals a new species from Argentina. Zoologischer Anzeiger 308: 131-143.

Millenpeier, M., Chaparro, J. C., Ochoa, J. A., Ferretti, N. & West, R. C. (2024). A new species of Thrixopelma (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae) from southern Peru. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 59 (2): 578-586.

Arias, V., Hilario, M., Ferretti, N. & Pérez-Miles, F. (2024). A new species of Plesiopelma from Uruguay (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Theraphosinae). Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Naturais 19 (3): e2024-1001.

Ferretti, N., Chaparro, J. C., Ochoa, J. A. & West, R. C. (2022). A new tarantula (Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae) genus endemic from Peru with a novel genitalic morphology among theraphosinae and its phylogenetic placement. Zoologischer Anzeiger - A Journal of Comparative Zoology 302(3).

Nicoletta, M., Ferretti, N., Chaparro, J. C. & West, R. C. (2022). First record of Tmesiphantes Simon, 1892 (Araneae, Theraphosidae) in Peru: a new species and its phylogenetic placement. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 94(4, e20200702): 1-17.

Nicoletta, M., Panchuk, J., Peralta-Seen, N. & Ferretti, N. (2022). Description and Sexual Behavior of Two New Species of Mygalomorph Spiders (Araneae: Theraphosidae, Pycnothelidae), and First Record of Xenonemesia platensis (Pycnothelidae) of Corrientes, Argentina. Zoological Studies 61(62): 1-18.

Ferretti, N. (2021). First record of the tarantula genus Bumba (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from Bolivia, with the description of a new species. Iheringia, Série Zoologia 111(e2021025): 1-10.

Kaderka, R., Ferretti, N., Hüsser, M., Lüddecke, T. & West, R. C. (2021). Antikuna, a new genus with seven new species from Peru (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae) and the highest altitude record for the family. Journal of Natural History 55(21-22): 1335-1402.

Sherwood, D., Ferretti, N., Gabriel, R. & West, R. C. (2021). Redescription of the theraphosine Hapalotremus albipes Simon, 1903 and description of four new species of Hapalotremus Simon, 1903 from Peru and Bolivia (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology 18(9): 965-989.

Nicoletta, M., Chaparro, J. C., Mamani, L., Ochoa, J. A., West, R. C. & Ferretti, N. (2020). Two new endemic species of Bistriopelma (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from Peru, including a new remarkable horned tarantula. European Journal of Taxonomy 644: 1-20.

Ferretti, N., Cavallo, P. E., Chaparro, J. C., Tamayo, D. R., Seimon, T. A. & West, R. C. (2018). The Neotropical genus Hapalotremus Simon, 1903 (Araneae: Theraphosidae), with the description of seven new species and the highest altitude record for the family. Journal of Natural History 52(29-30): 1927-1984.

Ferretti, N., Ochoa, J. A. & Chaparro, J. C. (2016). Una nueva especie de Acanthoscurria (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae) sin órgano estridulador, del sur de Perú. Revista Peruana de Biología 23(2): 89-94.

Ferretti, N., Copperi, S., Schwerdt, L. & Pompozzi, G. (2015). First record of Vitalius longisternalis Bertani, 2001 (Araneae, Theraphosidae) in Argentina and notes on its natural history in Misiones province. Check List 11(5): 1-5. doi:10.15560/11.5.1748.

Ferretti, N. (2015). On three new Euathlus tarantulas from Argentina and cladistic analysis of the genus. Journal of Arachnology 43(3):313-326. 2015.

Ferretti, N. (2015). A new species of Phrixotrichus (Araneae, Theraphosidae) from southwestern Argentina and new distributional data for P. vulpinus. Iheringia, Série Zoologia DOI: 10.1590/1678-476620151052252256.

Cavallo, P. E. & Ferretti, N. (2014). The first Hapalotremus Simon, 1903 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from Argentina: description and natural history of Hapalotremus martinorum sp. nov. Journal of Natural History.

Ferretti, N., Pompozzi, G., González, A. & Pérez-Miles, F. (2013). The genus Grammostola Simon 1892 (Araneae: Theraphosidae): a new species from western Argentina, new synonymy and distributional data. Journal of Natural History 2013.

Ferretti, N. & Barneche, J. (2013). Description of two new species of Plesiopelma (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Theraphosinae) from Argentina. Iheringia, Sér. Zool. vol.103 no.4 Porto Alegre.

Ferretti, N. & Barneche, J. (2012). New species of Eupalaestrus from Argentina (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Theraphosinae). Iheringia, Série Zoologia 102(3):327-330.