Romopelma barrigae Peñaherrera-R., Pinos-Sánchez, Guerrero-Campoverde, León-E. & Cisneros-Heredia, 2024

Described by Pedro J. Peñaherrera Romero, Ariel Guerrero-Campoverde, Roberto J. León-E, Andrés Pinos-Sánchez, Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia

♂ Male described

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Bibliography

Peñaherrera-R., P. J., Pinos-Sánchez, A., Guerrero-Campoverde, A., León-E, R. J. & Cisneros-Heredia, D. F. (2024). Secrets of a didactic collection: a new tarantula genus from the Montane Forest of north-western Ecuador (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology 19 (9): 1185-1191.

Distribution

Ecuador

Type Locality: Mindo, Parroquia de San Miguel de Los Bancos, Provincia de Pichincha, 1250 m

Adult Male Activity

Collection months of 1 adult male specimen record

Etymology

The generic name honours David Fernando Romo Vallejo, professor at Universidad San Francisco de Quito and champion of biodiversity conservation. The specific epithet is dedicated to Consuelo Barriga, heart and soul of the Tiputini Biodiversity Station for 27 years - the generic and specific epithets unite husband and wife.

Specimen Records (1)

ZSFQ-i18037 ♂ Holotype Ecuador

Mindo, Parroquia de San Miguel de Los Bancos, 1250 m, Pichincha

November 2015 · col. Melissa Costales

Holotype male of Romopelma barrigae; originally deposited in the didactic zoology collection of Universidad San Francisco de Quito, now at the Museo de Zoología ZSFQ. Collected 18 November 2015.