Bermejoa panguana Portela & Ríos-Tamayo, 2025

Described by Duniesky Ríos Tamayo, Luis E. Portela

♀ Female described ♂ Male described
Carapace Carapace © Portela & Ríos-Tamayo (2025, fig. 1A) — holotype male SMNK-ARA 19499

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Bibliography

Portela, L. E. & Tamayo, D. R. (2025). A new species of Bermejoa Gabriel, Sherwood & Pérez-Miles, 2023 from Peru (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology 20 (3): 333-338.

Distribution

Peru

Type Locality: PERU: Huánuco, Puerto Inca, Panguana Biological Station (Río Yuyapichis), 260 m

Adult Male Activity

Collection months of 1 adult male specimen record

Etymology

A noun in apposition referring to the type locality, the "Panguana" Biological Research Station on the Río Yuyapichis.

Specimen Records (3)

SMNK-ARA 19499 ♂ Holotype Peru

Panguana Biological Station (Río Yuyapichis), Puerto Inca, Huánuco

January 1984 · col. M. Verhaagh

Holotype male of Bermejoa panguana; pitfall trap, 21 January - 18 February 1984 (field label BF VI CC 4)

SMNK-ARA 19527 ♀ Paratype Peru

Panguana Biological Station (Río Yuyapichis), Puerto Inca, Huánuco

November 1983 · col. M. Verhaagh

Paratype female of Bermejoa panguana and the described female — the first female known in the genus; pitfall trap, 26 November - 24 December 1983 (field label BF KI Cb7)

SMNK-ARA 19491-19561 mixed Paratype Peru

Panguana Biological Station (Río Yuyapichis), Puerto Inca, Huánuco

November 1983 · col. M. Verhaagh

Remaining paratype series of Bermejoa panguana: roughly 22 males and 5 females across 17 lots, all pitfall-trapped between 26 November 1983 and 18 February 1984, plus a series of immatures listed as non-type material

Genitalia

Spermathecae
Spermathecae © Portela & Ríos-Tamayo (2025, fig. 3F) — paratype female SMNK-ARA 19527, the first female known in the genus
Male palp
Male palp © Portela & Ríos-Tamayo (2025, fig. 2C–F) — holotype male SMNK-ARA 19499