Pululahua kunukyaku Dupérré & Tapia, 2025

Described by Nadine Dupérré, Elicio Tapia

♀ Female described ♂ Male described
Live specimen Live specimen © Dupérré & Tapia (2025), fig. 45A, holotype male alive, lateral view

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Bibliography

Dupérré, N. & Tapia, E. (2025). On Some Rare Mygalomorph from Ecuador, with the Description of 16 New Species in Five Families (Mygalomorphae: Actinopodidae, Barychelidae, Halonoproctidae, Idiopidae, and Theraphosidae). Taxonomy 5(3): 35, 1-68.

Distribution

Ecuador

Type Locality: ECUADOR, Pichincha Province, Termas de Pululahua, 2128 m

Adult Male Activity

Collection months of 2 adult male specimen records

Etymology

The specific epithet is an invariable noun taken from the Kichwa language, meaning thermal springs, in reference to the habitat in which the species was collected.

Specimen Records (5)

ECFN 11668 (QCAZ) ♂ Holotype Ecuador

Termas de Pululahua, 2128 m; on the calcareous wall of a thermal spring, Pichincha

November 2016 · col. E. Tapia, N. Dupérré & A. Tapia

Holotype male of Pululahua kunukyaku, type species of the genus. Total length 8.60 mm. Photographed alive.

ECFN 11669 (ZMH-A0029199) ♂ Paratype Ecuador

Termas de Pululahua, 2128 m; on the calcareous wall of a thermal spring, Pichincha

November 2016 · col. E. Tapia, N. Dupérré & A. Tapia

Paratype male of Pululahua kunukyaku, same data as the holotype.

ECFN 11670 (QCAZ) ♀ Paratype Ecuador

Termas de Pululahua, 2128 m; on the calcareous wall of a thermal spring, Pichincha

November 2016 · col. E. Tapia, N. Dupérré & A. Tapia

Paratype female of Pululahua kunukyaku, the specimen described in the paper. Total length 11.43 mm. Its internal genitalia are figured as fig. 50C.

ECFN 11671 (DTC) ♀ Paratype Ecuador

Termas de Pululahua, 2128 m; on the calcareous wall of a thermal spring, Pichincha

November 2016 · col. E. Tapia, N. Dupérré & A. Tapia

Paratype female of Pululahua kunukyaku. Its internal genitalia are figured as fig. 50D.

ECFN 11672 (ZMH-A0029200) ♀ Paratype Ecuador

Termas de Pululahua, 2128 m; on the calcareous wall of a thermal spring, Pichincha

November 2016 · col. E. Tapia, N. Dupérré & A. Tapia

Paratype female of Pululahua kunukyaku, same data as the holotype.

Genitalia

Spermathecae
Spermathecae © Dupérré & Tapia (2025), fig. 50C, internal genitalia of paratype female ECFN 11670, dorsal view