Cymbiapophysa otongachi Peñaherrera-R., Ghia, Sherwood & Gabriel, 2024

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

♀ Female described ♂ Male described

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Bibliography

Peñaherrera-R., P. J., Ghia, T. A., Sherwood, D. & Gabriel, R. (2024). New insights on male palpal bulb morphology in Cymbiapophysa Gabriel & Sherwood, 2020, with four new species from Ecuador (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology 19(7): 1003-1017.

Distribution

Ecuador

Type Locality: Reserva Otongachi - Fundación Otonga, -0.32097 -78.95172, 840 m, Parish of Santo Domingo [sic = Parish of Manuel Cornejo Astorga], Province of Santo Domingo de Los Tsachilas [sic = Province of Pichincha], Republic of Ecuador

Etymology

The specific epithet is a noun in apposition in reference to the type locality, Reserva Otongachi which originates from the fusion of two words from the Tsafiki language (Otonga means earthworm and Toachi relates to the river near the reserve).