Euathlus ameghinoi Allegue & Ferretti, 2025

Described by Nelson Ferretti, Maite Allegue

♀ Female described ♂ Male described

Live specimen © Allegue & Ferretti (2025), male in his habitat

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Bibliography

Allegue, M. & Ferretti, N. (2025). Hidden in the plains: Two new extra-andean species of Euathlus (Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae) from Argentina with comments on their sexual behaviour. Zoologica Scripta 54 (2): 213-218.

Distribution

Argentina

Type Locality: Villa Dique Florentino Ameghino, Chubut, Argentina

Adult Male Activity

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Etymology

The specific name is a patronym in honor of Florentino Ameghino (1853-1911), a recognized Argentinean scientist, naturalist and evolutionist who made significant contributions in his time, and which also corresponds to the type locality of the specimens found.

Specimen Records (4)

UNS M1038 ♂ Holotype Argentina

Villa Dique Florentino Ameghino, Chubut

October 2022 · col. Allegue, Nicoletta & Ferretti

Holotype male of Euathlus ameghinoi; manual capture.

UNS M1040 ♀ Paratype Argentina

Villa Dique Florentino Ameghino, Chubut

October 2022 · col. Allegue, Nicoletta & Ferretti

Paratype female of Euathlus ameghinoi; same data as the holotype. Spermathecae figured.

UNS M1050 ♂ Paratype Argentina

Villa Dique Florentino Ameghino, Chubut

October 2022 · col. Allegue, Nicoletta & Ferretti

Paratype male of Euathlus ameghinoi; same data as the holotype.

UNS M1136 ♀ Argentina

Villa Dique Florentino Ameghino, Chubut

October 2022

Other material of Euathlus ameghinoi; manual capture.