Phrixotrichus vulpinus (Karsch, 1880)

♀ Female described ♂ Male described

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Original Description

Karsch, F. A. F. (1880). Arachnologische Blätter (Decas I). Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften, Dritte Folge 5: 373-409.

Distribution

Chile

Adult Male Activity

Collection months of 3 adult male specimen records, against the rainfall where they live

Adult males collected

Mean monthly rainfall and temperature 2001–2020 near where these males were collected. MERRA-2 via NASA POWER, for a grid cell averaging 0 m. Southern hemisphere — seasons are inverted, so December is midsummer. Records span 2 countries (Argentina, Chile), so one climate curve cannot describe all of them.

Specimen Records (6)

MACN-Ar 5617 Argentina

Argentina, Neuquén, Department of Los Lagos, Isla Victoria

December 1941 · col. Havrylenko

1 male, 1 female

MACN-Ar 5613 ♂ Argentina

Argentina, Neuquén, La Unión

February 1959 · col. J. Navas

MACN-Ar 5616 ♂ Argentina

Argentina, Neuquén, Department of San Martín de los Andes, Hua- Hum

February 1961 · col. M. Galiano

MACN-Ar 5614 ♂ Argentina

Argentina, Neuquén, Nahuel Huapi

1967 · col. Havrylenko

CRMV/016-THE ♂ Chile

Punucapa, Provincia de Valdivia, Región de Los Ríos

December 2017 · col. Francisco Mardones

CRMV/017-THE ♀ Chile

Punucapa, Provincia de Valdivia, Región de Los Ríos

December 2017 · col. Francisco Mardones

Taxonomic History

1880
Orthothrichus vulpinus Karsch, 1880

Bibliography (2)

Karsch, F. A. F. (1880). Arachnologische Blätter (Decas I). Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften, Dritte Folge 5: 373-409.

Montenegro V., R. & Aguilera, M. A. (2024). Tarántulas chilenas de la subfamilia Theraphosinae (Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae): una revisión a nivel de género. Revista Chilena de Entomología 50 (2): 329-352.