Plesiopelma arevaloae
Female © Arias et al. (2024), female habitus in lifeType Locality and Records
Distribution
Type Locality: Aguas Blancas, Lavalleja, Uruguay
Adult Male Activity
Collection months of 8 adult male specimen records
Etymology
The specific name is a tribute to Julia Arévalo (1898-1985), born in Lavalleja, Uruguay, the first woman senator in Latin America.
Specimen Records (16)
Holotype male of Plesiopelma arevaloae; palp, tibial apophysis and metatarsal nodule figured.
Paratype females of Plesiopelma arevaloae; spermathecae figured. This lot is listed twice in the type material (once dated 7 July 2000 and once undated as "2 females"), so it is recorded here once.
Paratype male of Plesiopelma arevaloae.
Paratype male of Plesiopelma arevaloae.
Paratype male of Plesiopelma arevaloae.
Two paratype males of Plesiopelma arevaloae; carapace, sternum and abdomen figured.
Non-type male of Plesiopelma arevaloae.
Non-type male of Plesiopelma arevaloae.
Non-type male of Plesiopelma arevaloae.
Non-type female of Plesiopelma arevaloae.
Non-type female of Plesiopelma arevaloae. The number FCE-My 0481 is printed twice in the paper — here (1 October 1962, P. R. San Martín) and again for a female dated 19 April 1953 (P. R. San Martín & L. C. Zolessi); likely a typographic duplicate.
Non-type female of Plesiopelma arevaloae.
Non-type female of Plesiopelma arevaloae; no collector given.
Non-type female of Plesiopelma arevaloae.
Non-type female of Plesiopelma arevaloae; sequenced for COI (GenBank via this study).
Non-type female of Plesiopelma arevaloae; sequenced for COI. The paper prints the latitude as 54°32'S, evidently a typo for 34°32'S (the Aguas Blancas type locality).