Homoeomma vicenterojasi Montenegro Vargas, Rojas-Abarca & Aguilera, 2026

Described by Rubén Montenegro V., Milenko A. Aguilera, Eric Rojas-Abarca

♀ Female described ♂ Male described

Live specimen © Montenegro Vargas, Rojas-Abarca & Aguilera (2026, fig. 3B) — the holotype male alive at Cartagena

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Original Description

Montenegro V., R., Rojas-Abarca, E. & Aguilera, M. A. (2026). Una especie nueva de Homoeomma Ausserer, 1871 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) de la Región de Valparaíso, Chile. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 48: 61-66.

Distribution

Chile

Type Locality: CHILE: Región de Valparaíso, Provincia de San Antonio, ciudad de Cartagena, 21 msnm

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 the type locality, 232 m. MERRA-2 via NASA POWER. Southern hemisphere — seasons are inverted, so December is midsummer.

Etymology

For Vicente Rojas, son of Eric Rojas, one of the collectors.

Specimen Records (3)

FNAG36/1507 ♂ Holotype Chile

Ciudad de Cartagena, Provincia de San Antonio, 21 msnm, Valparaíso

April 2026 · col. Eric Rojas

Holotype male of Homoeomma vicenterojasi, found under a rock. Total length 10.5 mm. Photographed alive.

FNAG36/1508 ♀ Paratype Chile

Ciudad de Cartagena, Provincia de San Antonio, 21 msnm, Valparaíso

April 2026 · col. Eric Rojas

Paratype female of Homoeomma vicenterojasi, same data as the holotype. She was living in a shallow chamber under a stone. Photographed alive.

FNAG36 (San Juan pair) Paratype Chile

Localidad de San Juan, ciudad San Antonio, 86 msnm, Valparaíso

May 2026 · col. Eric Rojas & Pablo Toro

One male and one female paratype of Homoeomma vicenterojasi, found together under a single rock in a ravine of coastal sclerophyll forest.