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.

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 the type locality, 512 m. MERRA-2 via NASA POWER. 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.

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.