Homoeomma espinozai Montenegro & Aguilera, 2024

Described by Rubén Montenegro V., Milenko A. Aguilera

♂ Male described

Male © Francisco Espinoza

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Original Description

Montenegro V., R. & Aguilera, M. A. (2024). Revisión taxonómica del género Homoeomma Ausserer, 1871 (Araneae; Theraphosidae) en Chile, con descripción de cuatro nuevas especies. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 44: 85-96.

Distribution

Chile

Type Locality: Angol, Provincia de Malleco, Región de La Araucanía

Adult Male Activity

Collection months of 1 adult male specimen record, against the rainfall where they live

Adult males collected

Mean monthly rainfall and temperature 2001–2020 near where these males were collected, Chile. MERRA-2 via NASA POWER, for a grid cell averaging 547 m. Southern hemisphere — seasons are inverted, so December is midsummer.

Etymology

The specific epithet honours the collector of the species, Francisco Espinoza.

Specimen Records (1)

FNAG36/1473 ♂ Holotype Chile

Angol, Provincia de Malleco, Región de La Araucanía

April 2018 · col. Francisco Espinoza

Holotype male of Homoeomma espinozai.

Bibliography (2)

Galleti-Lima, A., Yamamoto, F. U., Lucas, S. M., Guadanucci, J. P. L. & Brescovit, A. D. (2026). Morphological revision of the species of Homoeomma Ausserer, 1871 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. Zootaxa 5752(2): 211-237.