Pamphobeteus urvinae Sherwood, Gabriel, Brescovit & Lucas, 2022

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

♀ Female 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: Canelos, Rio Boboneza (Río Bobonaza), E. Ecuador

Etymology

The specific epithet is a matronym in honour of Hermelinda Urvina Mayorga (1905–2008), an Ecuadorian aviator who was the first woman in South America to earn a pilot licence.

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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