Euathlus ventus Allegue & Ferretti, 2025

Described by Nelson Ferretti, Maite Allegue

♀ Female described ♂ Male described

Live specimen © Allegue & Ferretti (2025), female in her 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: Sarmiento, Chubut, Argentina

Adult Male Activity

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Etymology

The specific name means "wind" in Latin, referring to the intense wind that characterises the area inhabited by this species.

Specimen Records (6)

UNS M1041 ♂ Holotype Argentina

Sarmiento, Chubut

November 2018 · col. Ayoroa, Nicoletta, Panchuk, Schwerdt & Ferretti

Holotype male of Euathlus ventus; manual capture.

UNS M1044 ♀ Paratype Argentina

Sarmiento, Chubut

November 2018 · col. Ayoroa, Nicoletta, Panchuk, Schwerdt & Ferretti

Paratype female of Euathlus ventus; same data as the holotype.

UNS M1046 ♀ Paratype Argentina

Sarmiento, Chubut

November 2018 · col. Ayoroa, Nicoletta, Panchuk, Schwerdt & Ferretti

Paratype female of Euathlus ventus; same data as the holotype.

UNS M1072 ♀ Paratype Argentina

Sarmiento, Chubut

November 2018 · col. Ayoroa, Nicoletta, Panchuk, Schwerdt & Ferretti

Paratype female of Euathlus ventus; same data as the holotype.

UNS M1039 ♂ Paratype Argentina

Sarmiento, Chubut

October 2022 · col. Allegue, Nicoletta & Ferretti

Paratype male of Euathlus ventus; same locality as the holotype. The female paratype figured for the spermathecae carries this number in the figure caption.

UNS M1141 ♂ Paratype Argentina

Sarmiento, Chubut

October 2022 · col. Allegue, Nicoletta & Ferretti

Paratype male of Euathlus ventus; same locality as the holotype.