Euthycaelus guane Valencia-Cuellar, Perafán & Guadanucci, 2019

Described by Carlos Perafán, José Paulo Leite Guadanucci, Dayana Valencia-Cuéllar

♂ Male described

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Original Description

Valencia-Cuéllar, D., Perafán, C., Guerrero, R. J. & Guadanucci, J. P. L. (2019). Schismatothelinae spiders (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae) from Colombia: four new species and an approach to their diversity. Zootaxa 4545(4): 548-562.

Distribution

Colombia

Type Locality: San José de Suaita (forest of the San Cipriano Foundation), Suaita, Santander, 1700 masl, 1.V.2013, C. Romero and G. Amat leg.

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 the type locality. MERRA-2 via NASA POWER, for a grid cell averaging 2096 m. Wet and dry seasons, from the rainfall at the locality itself.

Etymology

The specific epithet is a noun in apposition in honor of the indigenous people Guane, who inhabited the territory where this species is found.

Specimen Records (1)

ICN-Ar 8045 ♂ Type Colombia

San José de Suaita (forest of the San Cipriano Foundation), Suaita, Santander, 1700 masl

May 2013 · col. C. Romero and G. Amat