Cyriocosmus giganteus Kaderka, 2015

♀ Female described ♂ Male described

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Bibliography

Kaderka, R. (2015). The Neotropical genus Cyriocosmus Simon, 1903 and new species from Peru, Brazil and Venezuela (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae). Journal of Natural History, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2015.1076082.

Distribution

Peru

Type Locality: Peru, Loreto, Estación Biológica Quebrada Blanco

Etymology

The specific name, giganteus (adjectivum, Latin) means giant, and refers to the size of this new species and to the fact that this male holotype is so far the largest known male in the genus.