Neischnocolus samonellaacademy Peñaherrera-R., León-E., Guerrero-Campoverde, Gabriel, Sherwood & Cisneros-Heredia, 2025

Described by Ray Gabriel, Danniella Sherwood, Pedro J. Peñaherrera Romero, Ariel Guerrero-Campoverde, Roberto J. León-E, Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia

♂ Male described

Type Locality and Records

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Bibliography

Peñaherrera-R., P. J., Guerrero-Campoverde, A., León-E, R. J., Gabriel, R., Sherwood, D. & Cisneros-Heredia, D. F. (2025). Revisiting the tarantula genus Neischnocolus Petrunkevitch, 1925 (Araneae, Theraphosidae): new insights on male palpal bulb morphology and description of three new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1022: 19-50.

Distribution

Ecuador

Type Locality: ECUADOR, Provincia de Zamora Chinchipe, Canton Paquisha, Rio Blanco, 1700 m

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Etymology

The epithet honours Samuel Andrew Miller, creator of the YouTube channel Sam O'Nella Academy, whose crudely drawn animations and stick figures deliver unconventional knowledge on intriguing topics. It answers his own request at 5:24 of "Where Animals' Scientific Names Come From", where he says of having a species named after him: "If that gives any of you epic biologists out there any ideas, you know, I wouldn't be opposed", and "Please, I would do anything, for the love of God, I will even take a lichen."

Specimen Records (1)

ZSFQ-i21619 ♂ Holotype Ecuador

Rio Blanco, Canton Paquisha, 1700 m; low montane evergreen forest of the Cordillera del Condor-Kutuku, Zamora Chinchipe

August 2023 · col. A. Hurtado & P. Peñaherrera-R.

Holotype male of Neischnocolus samonellaacademy, and the only known specimen.

Genitalia

Male palp © Peñaherrera-R. et al. (2025), fig. 16, left palpal bulb of the holotype male ZSFQ-i21619 in prolateral, retrolateral, dorsal and ventral view