Euathlus sinapophysis Montenegro Vargas & Aguilera, 2025

Described by Rubén Montenegro V., Milenko A. Aguilera

♀ Female described ♂ Male described

Female © Montenegro Vargas & Aguilera (2025, fig. 1c) — paratype female FNAG36/178, in life at the type locality

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Original Description

Montenegro V., R. & Aguilera, M. A. (2025). Una especie nueva de Euathlus (Araneae: Theraphosidae) del norte de Chile, con novedades morfológicas para el género. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 47: 3-8.

Distribution

Chile

Type Locality: CHILE: Combarbalá, Provincia de Limarí, Región de Coquimbo

Adult Male Activity

Collection months of 2 adult male specimen records, against the rainfall where they live

Adult males collected

Mean monthly rainfall and temperature 2001–2020 near the type locality, 1111 m. MERRA-2 via NASA POWER. Southern hemisphere — seasons are inverted, so December is midsummer.

Etymology

The specific epithet refers to the absence of a tibial apophysis on leg I of the males — Spanish <i>sin</i>, without, plus apophysis.

Specimen Records (3)

FNAG36/176 ♂ Holotype Chile

Combarbalá, Provincia de Limarí, Coquimbo

October 2017 · col. R. Tapia, A. Olivera, K. Lowenstein & R. Montenegro

Holotype male of Euathlus sinapophysis — the specimen showing that leg I can lack a tibial apophysis in this genus

FNAG36/178, MNHN-CL ♀ Paratype Chile

Ovalle, Provincia de Limarí, Coquimbo

September 2016 · col. J. P. Orellana

Paratype females of Euathlus sinapophysis. FNAG36/178 is the described female.

FNAG36/177, MNHN-CL ♂ Paratype Chile