Agnostopelma gardel Pérez-Miles & Weinmann, 2010

Described by Dirk Weinmann, Fernando Pérez-Miles

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Bibliography

Pérez-Miles, F. & Weinmann, D. (2010). Agnostopelma: a new genus of tarantula without a scopula on leg IV (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae). Journal of Arachnology 38: 104-112.

Distribution

Colombia

Etymology

from <i>Agnostos</i> (Gr.), unknown and <i>pelma</i> (Gr.), sole of the foot. The name makes reference to the absence of scopulae on leg IV of this tarantula, which is unusual in Theraphosidae. <i>tota</i> refers to the name of a lake sacred to the Muisca