Colombiarachne dianae Sherwood, Gabriel & Peñaherrera-R., 2025

Described by Ray Gabriel, Danniella Sherwood, Pedro J. Peñaherrera Romero

♂ Male described

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Original Description

Peñaherrera-R., P. J., Mora-Bolaños, J., Guerrero-Campoverde, A., León-E, R. J., Tamayo, D. R., Gabriel, R., Sherwood, D. & Cisneros-Heredia, D. F. (2025). A new species of Reversopelma Schmidt, 2001 from Ecuador, and two new tarantula genera from Argentina, Bolivia, and Colombia (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology 20 (3): 462-472.

Distribution

Colombia

Type Locality: COLOMBIA: caño Docordo, between Cucurrupí and Noanamá on the Río San Juan, departamento de Chocó

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 where these males were collected, Colombia. MERRA-2 via NASA POWER, for a grid cell averaging 22 m. Wet and dry seasons, from the rainfall at the locality itself.

Etymology

A matronym honouring Diana Arzuza Buelvas (Manchester, UK), Colombian zoologist and Curator of Entomology at the Manchester Museum, for her contributions to Latin American science and collections management.

Specimen Records (1)

AMNH_IZC00357352 ♂ Holotype Colombia

caño Docordo, between Cucurrupí and Noanamá on the Río San Juan, Chocó

December 1968 · col. B. Malkin

Holotype male of Colombiarachne dianae, and the only known specimen; collected 24–31 December 1968

Genitalia

Male palp © Peñaherrera-R. et al. (2025, fig. 10) — holotype male AMNH_IZC00357352

Taxonomic History

2025
Colombiarachne dianae Sherwood, Gabriel & Peñaherrera-R., 2025
Type species of Colombiarachne by original designation, described from a single male collected by B. Malkin over 24-31 December 1968 and held at the American Museum of Natural History.