Ewok kainae Gabriel, Sherwood, Peñaherrera-R., León-E., Rollard, Leguin, Brescovit & Lucas, 2025

Described by Ray Gabriel, Antonio Domingos Brescovit, Sylvia Marlene Lucas, Danniella Sherwood, Pedro J. Peñaherrera Romero, Roberto J. León-E, Christine Rollard, Elise-Anne Leguin

♀ Female described

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Original Description

Sherwood, D., Gabriel, R., Peñaherrera-R., P. J., León-E, R. J., Rollard, C., Leguin, E., Brescovit, A. D. & Lucas, S. M. (2025). On the identity of some taxa in the tarantula tribe Hapalopini, with two synonymies, and description of four new genera and three new species (Araneae: Theraphosidae). ZooNova 46: 1-23.

Distribution

Peru

Type Locality: PERU: Huamachuco

Etymology

An eponym honouring Kaïna Privet (Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris), welcoming her into her role curating the largest collection of spider specimens in the world.

Specimen Records (1)

MNHN AR-17704 ♀ Holotype Peru

Huamachuco, La Libertad

1899 · col. P. O. Simons

Holotype female of Ewok kainae, E. Simon collection 20986. Four immatures in the same jar are excluded from the type series; the holotype is now labelled and stored separately.

Genitalia

Spermathecae © Sherwood et al. (2025, fig. 9B–C) — holotype female MNHN AR-17704

Taxonomic History

2025
Ewok kainae Gabriel, Sherwood, Peñaherrera-R., León-E., Rollard, Leguin, Brescovit & Lucas, 2025
Collected by P. O. Simons in 1899 and held in the Eugène Simon collection at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle ever since — 126 years before it was named. Four immature specimens in the same jar are excluded from the type series; the holotype is now labelled and stored separately.