Homoeomma poqui Montenegro & Aguilera, 2024

Described by Rubén Montenegro V., Milenko A. Aguilera

♀ Female described ♂ Male described

Female

Female © Andrés Olivera

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: Santuario de la Naturaleza Cerro Poqui, Coltauco, Provincia de Cachapoal, Región del Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins

Adult Male Activity

Collection months of 3 adult male specimen records, 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 304 m. Southern hemisphere — seasons are inverted, so December is midsummer.

Etymology

The specific epithet refers to the type locality of the species, the Santuario de la Naturaleza Cerro Poqui.

Specimen Records (6)

FNAG36/1471 ♂ Holotype Chile

Santuario de la Naturaleza Cerro Poqui, Coltauco, Provincia de Cachapoal, Región del Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins

October 2017 · col. Francisco Mardones

Holotype male of Homoeomma poqui; collected as a subadult under a rock.

FNAG36/1472 ♀ Paratype Chile

Santuario de la Naturaleza Cerro Poqui, Coltauco, Provincia de Cachapoal, Región del Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins

December 2017 · col. Rubén Montenegro

Paratype female of Homoeomma poqui.

CRMV/034-THE ♀ Paratype Chile

Santuario de la Naturaleza Cerro Poqui, Coltauco, Provincia de Cachapoal, Región del Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins

December 2017 · col. Rubén Montenegro

Paratype female of Homoeomma poqui; second female of the same lot as FNAG36/1472.

CRMV/035-THE ♀ Paratype Chile

Santuario de la Naturaleza Cerro Poqui, Coltauco, Provincia de Cachapoal, Región del Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins

May 2017 · col. Andrés Olivera

Paratype female of Homoeomma poqui.

CRMV/035-THE ♂ Paratype Chile

Santuario de la Naturaleza Cerro Poqui, Coltauco, Provincia de Cachapoal, Región del Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins

May 2023 · col. Matías González

Paratype male of Homoeomma poqui. The paper prints CRMV/035-THE for both this male and the May 2017 female, likely a typographical duplicate.

CRMV/036-THE ♂ Chile

Santuario de la Naturaleza Cerro Poqui, Coltauco, Provincia de Cachapoal, Región del Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins

April 2024 · col. Matías González

Listed with the type material, but the paper states four paratypes.

Bibliography (2)

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.

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.