Tandayarachne sherwoodae Peñaherrera-R. & Guayasamin, 2025

Described by Pedro J. Peñaherrera Romero, Juan M. Guayasamin

♂ Male described

Live specimen © Peñaherrera-R. & Guayasamin (2025, fig. 16) — holotype male ZSFQ-i21041, live habitus

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Original Description

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.

Distribution

Ecuador

Type Locality: ECUADOR: USFQ Tandayapa Cloud Forest Station, Parroquia de Nanegalito, Provincia de Pichincha, 2300 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 where these males were collected, Ecuador. MERRA-2 via NASA POWER, for a grid cell averaging 1714 m. Wet and dry seasons, from the rainfall at the locality itself.

Etymology

A patronym honouring Danniella Sherwood, one of the world authorities on tarantula taxonomy, who has described 94 new species and 19 new genera of spiders since 2018 and whose support the first author records as formative.

Specimen Records (1)

ZSFQ-i21041 ♂ Holotype Ecuador

USFQ Tandayapa Cloud Forest Station, Parroquia de Nanegalito, 2300 m, Pichincha

November 2024 · col. J. M. Guayasamin, D. F. M. & P. Peñaherrera-R.

Holotype male of Tandayarachne sherwoodae, and the only known specimen. Collected during the day at ground level in montane evergreen forest.

Genitalia

Male palp © Peñaherrera-R. & Guayasamin (2025, fig. 15) — holotype male ZSFQ-i21041

Taxonomic History

2025
Tandayarachne sherwoodae Peñaherrera-R. & Guayasamin, 2025
Type species of Tandayarachne by original designation. Collected in daylight, at ground level, in montane evergreen forest on the Pacific slope of the Cordillera Occidental.