Yunka baboso Dupérré & Tapia, 2026

Described by Nadine Dupérré, Elicio Tapia

♀ Female described ♂ Male described

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Original Description

Dupérré, N., Tapia, E. & Salazar-Valenzuela, D. (2026). New Theraphosinae from Ecuador: description of five species (Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae, Romopelma, and Homoeomma) with the establishment of a new genus. Evolutionary Systematics 10: 217-261.
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Distribution

Ecuador

Type Locality: ECUADOR: Esmeraldas Province, Alto Tambo, Reserva Otokiki, 655 m

Adult Male Activity

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

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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 512 m. Wet and dry seasons, from the rainfall at the locality itself.

Etymology

A noun in apposition taken from the locality Río Baboso.

Specimen Records (2)

ECFN 895 ♂ Holotype Ecuador

Alto Tambo, Reserva Otokiki, 655 m, Esmeraldas

March 2015 · col. E. Tapia

Holotype male of Yunka baboso, the only Yunka north of the equator.

ECFN 062-063 ♀ Paratype Ecuador

Río Baboso, roadside talus, secondary humid forest, Esmeraldas

col. E. Tapia

Paratype females of Yunka baboso, from the locality the species is named for; one in QCAZ, one in ZMH-A0002688.

Taxonomic History

  1. 2026
    Yunka baboso Dupérré & Tapia, 2026
  2. The northernmost of the three and the only one north of the equator, from the Reserva Otokiki at Alto Tambo in Esmeraldas, on roadside talus in secondary humid forest at 655 m.

Bibliography (1)

Dupérré, N., Tapia, E. & Salazar-Valenzuela, D. (2026). New Theraphosinae from Ecuador: description of five species (Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae, Romopelma, and Homoeomma) with the establishment of a new genus. Evolutionary Systematics 10: 217-261.
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