Neischnocolus tiputini Guerrero-Campoverde, Peñaherrera-R., León-E., 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

♀ Female described

Live specimen © Peñaherrera-R. et al. (2025), fig. 11A, holotype female ZSFQ-i20415 alive, dorsal view

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

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 Orellana, Parroquia Tiputini, Tiputini Biodiversity Station, 220 m

Etymology

A noun in apposition referring to the type locality. The Tiputini Biodiversity Station sits on the northern bank of the Tiputini River inside the Yasuni Biosphere Reserve, run by the Universidad San Francisco de Quito - one of the most important research sites in the upper Amazon basin and among the most biodiverse places on Earth.

Specimen Records (1)

ZSFQ-i20415 ♀ Holotype Ecuador

Tiputini Biodiversity Station, Parroquia Tiputini, 220 m, Orellana

July 2023 · col. A. Guerrero-Campoverde

Holotype female of Neischnocolus tiputini, and the only known specimen. Total length 24.37 mm.

Genitalia

Spermathecae © Peñaherrera-R. et al. (2025), fig. 10, spermatheca of the holotype female in dorsal and ventral view