Aguapanela arvi Perafán, Cifuentes & Estrada, 2015

Described by Carlos Perafán, Yeimy Cifuentes, Sebastian Estrada-Gomez

♀ Female described ♂ Male described

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Bibliography

Perafán, C., Cifuentes, Y. & Estrada-Gomez, S. (2015). Aguapanela, a new tarantula genus from the Colombian Andes (Araneae, Theraphosidae). Zootaxa 4033 (4): 529–542.

Distribution

Colombia

Type Locality: Colombia, Antioquia: holotype male (ICN-Ar 7914), Medellín, Corregimiento Santa Elena, Piedras Blancas Ecological Park, 2400 masl, 18 October 2013

Etymology

The specific epithet is a noun in apposition taken from the locality where the holotype was found. Arvi means place with a very rich area in natural resources in a native indigenous language