Tmesiphantes uru (Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014)

Described by Fernando Pérez-Miles, Carlos Perafán

♀ Female described ♂ Male described

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Original Description

Perafán, C. & Pérez-Miles, F. (2014). Three new species of Melloleitaoina Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1960 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae) from northern Argentina. ZooKeys 404: 117–129.

Distribution

Argentina

Etymology

refers to an ancient legend Quichua, from the northern limit of Argentina, about the princess Inca Uru, who by their whims and bad government was transformed by the gods into a spider and forced to endlessly work weaving.

Genitalia

Taxonomic History

1973
Melloleitaoina crassifemur Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1973

Bibliography (1)

Perafán, C. & Pérez-Miles, F. (2014). Three new species of Melloleitaoina Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1960 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae) from northern Argentina. ZooKeys 404: 117–129.