Pamphobeteus augusti (Simon, 1888)

♀ Female described ♂ Male described

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Original Description

Simon, E. (1888). Révision des Aviculariidae de la République de l'Ecuador. Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 42: 399-404.

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Distribution

Ecuador

Specimen Records (1)

MNHN AR 4780 ♂ Type Ecuador

Los Puentes, near Quito, Pichincha

col. Cousin

Syntype series of Pamphobeteus augusti: 4 males and 1 juvenile, catalogued 4528 "Pamphobeteus augusti E.S. Quito (Cousin)". Dupérré & Tapia (2025) figure one of the males and note it differs from the Mindo male Sherwood et al. (2022) published under this name, which may therefore be misidentified.

Taxonomic History

1888
Lasiodora augusti Simon, 1888
2025
Dupérré & Tapia (2025) figured one of the four male syntypes (MNHN AR 4780) for the first time, and found it differs from the Mindo male Sherwood et al. (2022) published under this name — the syntype's bulb has a longer, narrower middle section and a steeply inclined prolateral superior keel. They suggest the Mindo specimen may be a misidentification.
They also note that Simon's (1889) record from "Ambabo" is a misspelling of Ambato, in Tungurahua province about 115 km south of Quito.

Bibliography (2)

Simon, E. (1888). Révision des Aviculariidae de la République de l'Ecuador. Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 42: 399-404.

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Dupérré, N. & Tapia, E. (2025). Description of seven new species of Theraphosidae (Araneae, Theraphosinae; Ischnocolinae) from Ecuador, along with the identification of a new variation of type I urticating setae. Zootaxa 5722(4): 451-484.