Pamphobeteus gangotenai Cisneros-Heredia, Peñaherrera-R., León-E., Sherwood, Gabriel, Brescovit & Lucas, 2023

Described by Ray Gabriel, Antonio Domingos Brescovit, Sylvia Marlene Lucas, Danniella Sherwood, Pedro J. Peñaherrera Romero, Roberto J. León-E, Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia

♂ Male described

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Bibliography

Sherwood, D., Gabriel, R., Peñaherrera-R., P. J., León-E, R. J., Cisneros-Heredia, D. F., Brescovit, A. D. & Lucas, S. M. (2023). Pamphobeteus Pocock, 1901: redescriptions, new species and records, description of a missing sex, with taxonomic notes and changes in Megaphobema Pocock, 1901 (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology 19(6): 894-930.

Distribution

Ecuador

Type Locality: ECUADOR: colina cerca de Zambotambo, -3.5559 -79.7935, 940 m, parroquia de Moromoro, cantón Piñas, provincia de El Oro

Etymology

The specific epithet is an eponym in honour of Santiago Gangotena González (1944–2023), founder and chancellor of Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, the first private liberal arts university in Ecuador.