Urupelma veronicae
Type Locality and Records
Original Description
Distribution
Type Locality: Peru, Cusco, Abra Málaga under Nevado Veronica
Adult Male Activity
Collection months of 2 adult male specimen records, against the rainfall where they live
All 2 were collected in October 2018, so the bars show when collecting took place, not when males are active.
Mean monthly rainfall and temperature 2001–2020 near the type locality, Peru, Cusco, Abra Málaga under Nevado Veronica. MERRA-2 via NASA POWER, for a grid cell averaging 2971 m. Wet and dry seasons, from the rainfall at the locality itself.
Etymology
The specific name refers to the type locality along Nevado Veronica, 5893 m high on a snow-covered mountain in the Cusco Department, Peru.
Specimen Records (5)
Female paratype. Its spermathecae are figured by Kaderka (2026) to show how much the structure varies within the species.
Female paratype, taken after producing a cocoon, with juveniles.
Male holotype.
Male paratype.
Non-type female. Kaderka (2026) figures its spermathecae dissected both from the exuvia and from the specimen in alcohol, to show that the two preparations do not look alike.
Genitalia
Taxonomic History
- 2023 Urupelma veronicae Kaderka, Lüddecke, Řezáč, Řezáčová & Hüsser, 2023 - described from Abra Málaga under Nevado Veronica in Cusco, Peru, between about 4,370 and 4,450 m.
- 2026 Kaderka (2026) emended the diagnosis and published the first illustration of how much the female genitalia vary within the species. One of the figures makes a methodological point as well as a taxonomic one: the same structure is shown dissected from an exuvia and from a specimen in alcohol, and the two do not look alike.