Pamphobeteus nellieblyae Sherwood, Gabriel, Brescovit & Lucas, 2022

Described by Ray Gabriel, Antonio Domingos Brescovit, Sylvia Marlene Lucas, Danniella Sherwood

♀ Female described ♂ Male described

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Original Description

Sherwood, D., Gabriel, R., Brescovit, A. D. & Lucas, S. M. (2022). On the species of Pamphobeteus Pocock, 1901 deposited in the Natural History Museum, London, with redescriptions of type material, the first record of P. grandis Bertani, Fukushima & Silva, 2008 from Peru, and the description of four new species. Arachnology 19(3): 650-674.

Distribution

Ecuador

Type Locality: Bulim (= Pulún), N. Ecuador

Etymology

The specific epithet is a matronym in honour of Elizabeth Jane Cochrane (1864–1922), who was better known as Nellie Bly (her nom de plume), the first woman to circumnavigate the globe.

Bibliography (1)

Sherwood, D., Gabriel, R., Brescovit, A. D. & Lucas, S. M. (2022). On the species of Pamphobeteus Pocock, 1901 deposited in the Natural History Museum, London, with redescriptions of type material, the first record of P. grandis Bertani, Fukushima & Silva, 2008 from Peru, and the description of four new species. Arachnology 19(3): 650-674.
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