Tandayarachne pijaos (Jimenez & Bertani, 2008)

Described by Rogério Bertani, Juan Jacobo Jimenez

♂ Male described

Male

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Original Description

Pérez-Miles, F., Gabriel, R., Miglio, L. T., Bonaldo, A., Gallon, R. C., Jimenez, J. J. & Bertani, R. (2008). Ami, a new Theraphosid genus from Central and South America, with the description of six new species (Araneae: Mygalomorphae). Zootaxa 1915: 54–68.

Distribution

Colombia

Type Locality: COLOMBIA: Vereda La Coqueta, Ibagué, Departamento de Tolima, 1290 m

Adult Male Activity

Collection months of 1 adult male specimen record, against the rainfall where they live

Adult males collected

Mean monthly rainfall and temperature 2001–2020 near the type locality, 2297 m. MERRA-2 via NASA POWER. Wet and dry seasons, from the rainfall at the locality itself.

Specimen Records (1)

ICN-Ar-1995 ♂ Holotype Colombia

Vereda La Coqueta, Ibagué, Departamento de Tolima, 1290 m, Tolima

February 2002 · col. H. Pulido

Holotype male of Tandayarachne pijaos, described as Ami pijaos. Pérez-Miles et al. (2008) give ICN-Ar-1995 and 3 February 2002; Peñaherrera-R. & Guayasamin (2025) print ICN-Ar-1994 and 3 March 2002 under Type material, but cite ICN-Ar-1995 themselves in the complementary description and the caption of fig. 18. The original description is followed here.

Genitalia

Male palp © Peñaherrera-R. & Guayasamin (2025, fig. 18) — holotype male, the bulb and cymbium the new combination rests on

Bibliography (2)

Peñaherrera-R., P. J. & Guayasamin, J. M. (2025). Between cloud forests and museums: testing tarantula (Araneae: Theraphosidae) generic boundaries reveals a new montane genus from Ecuador and Colombia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 205(3): zlaf152.