Hapalotremus munaycha Ferretti, Chaparro, Ochoa & West, 2025

Described by Rick C. West, Nelson Ferretti, José A. Ochoa, Juan C. Chaparro

♀ Female described ♂ Male described
Female Female © Ferretti, Chaparro, Ochoa & West (2025), pre-moult female

Original Description

Ferretti, N., Chaparro, J. C., Ochoa, J. A. & West, R. C. (2025). Phylogeny of the high-altitude tarantulas Hapalotremus Simon, 1903 (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae) with the description of a new species. Insect Systematics & Evolution 56 (1): 90-110.

Distribution

Peru

Type Locality: Southern interoceanic highway between Urcos and Marcapata, Quispicanchi, Cusco, Peru, 3900 m a.s.l.

Adult Male Activity

Collection months of 1 adult male specimen record

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Adult males collected

Etymology

Munaycha is an adjective for pretty or beautiful in the Quechua language.

Specimen Records (4)

MUSM-ENT 0512930 ♂ Holotype Peru

Southern interoceanic highway between Urcos and Marcapata, Quispicanchi, 3900 m a.s.l., Cusco

October 2017 · col. R. West, J. Allen & M. Valladares

Holotype male of Hapalotremus munaycha; collected 3-5 October 2017. The authors omit exact GPS coordinates to protect the population from the illegal tarantula trade.

MUSM-ENT 0512928 ♀ Paratype Peru

Southern interoceanic highway between Urcos and Marcapata, 3958 m a.s.l., Cusco

October 2017 · col. R. West, J. Allen & M. Valladares

Paratype female of Hapalotremus munaycha; collected 3-5 October 2017. Spermathecae figured.

MUBI 32 ♀ Paratype Peru

Southern interoceanic highway between Urcos and Marcapata, Quispicanchi, 3958 m a.s.l., Cusco

October 2017 · col. R. West, J. Allen & M. Valladares

Two paratype females of Hapalotremus munaycha; collected 3-5 October 2017.

MUBI 200 ♀ Paratype Peru

Cjunucunca, 4131 m a.s.l., Cusco

October 2023 · col. R. West, J. C. Chaparro & N. Ferretti

Paratype female of Hapalotremus munaycha; collected 6 October 2023, the highest recorded locality for the species.

Taxonomic History

  1. Recovered as the sister species of Hapalotremus vilcanota in the first cladistic analysis of the genus, which sampled all 15 species across 69 morphological characters and supported Hapalotremus as monophyletic.

Bibliography (1)

Ferretti, N., Chaparro, J. C., Ochoa, J. A. & West, R. C. (2025). Phylogeny of the high-altitude tarantulas Hapalotremus Simon, 1903 (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae) with the description of a new species. Insect Systematics & Evolution 56 (1): 90-110.
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