Thrixopelma supay Dupérré & Tapia, 2025

Described by Nadine Dupérré, Elicio Tapia

♀ Female described
Live specimen Live specimen © Dupérré & Tapia (2025, fig. 10) — female holotype ECFN 7637, in life

Original Description

Dupérré, N. & Tapia, E. (2025). Description of seven new species of Theraphosidae (Araneae, Theraphosinae; Ischnocolinae) from Ecuador, along with the identification of a new variation of type I urticating setae. Zootaxa 5722(4): 451-484.

Distribution

Ecuador

Type Locality: ECUADOR: Loja province, 1874 m

Etymology

A noun in apposition, invariable, from Kichwa mythology: Supay is the god of the underworld and lives underground, and the holotype was found in a hole.

Specimen Records (1)

ECFN 7637 (QCAZ) ♀ Holotype Ecuador

Loja, 1874 m, in a hole under a rock, Loja

October 2021 · col. I. Tapia

Holotype female of Thrixopelma supay; a paratype female (ECFN 7638) shares the same data. No coordinates are published for the type locality.

Bibliography (1)

Dupérré, N. & Tapia, E. (2025). Description of seven new species of Theraphosidae (Araneae, Theraphosinae; Ischnocolinae) from Ecuador, along with the identification of a new variation of type I urticating setae. Zootaxa 5722(4): 451-484.
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