Homoeomma josti
Live specimen © Dupérré, Tapia & Salazar-Valenzuela (2026, fig. 3) — living female ECFN 13358 from TotorasType Locality and Records
Original Description
Distribution
Type Locality: ECUADOR: Tungurahua Province, El Copete, 3250 m
Adult Male Activity
Collection months of 1 adult male specimen record, against the rainfall where they live
Mean monthly rainfall and temperature 2001–2020 near where these males were collected, Ecuador. MERRA-2 via NASA POWER, for a grid cell averaging 2625 m. Wet and dry seasons, from the rainfall at the locality itself.
Etymology
A patronym for Lou Jost — mathematician, population geneticist and orchid taxonomist — for his work protecting Ecuadorian diversity through the EcoMinga foundation.
Specimen Records (3)
Holotype male of Homoeomma josti, taken in a yellow pan trap set from 25 March to 4 April 2024 (QCAZ). Total length 20.07 mm.
Paratype female of Homoeomma josti, hand collected. Source of the female description, the internal genitalia figures and the living habitus photograph.
Paratypes of Homoeomma josti: six males and one female, same yellow pan trap data as the holotype, split between QCAZ, ZMH, DTC and ZIMG.
Taxonomic History
- 2026 Homoeomma josti Dupérré & Tapia, 2026
- From high evergreen forest of the eastern Cordillera of the Andes between 2,696 and 3,250 m in Tungurahua. Most of the type series came out of yellow pan traps set at El Copete over ten days in 2024 — an unusual way to catch a tarantula, and a reminder that wandering males turn up in general-purpose insect sampling.