Yunka guasaganda 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: Cotopaxi Province, Guasaganda, 493 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 293 m. Wet and dry seasons, from the rainfall at the locality itself.

Etymology

A noun in apposition taken from the type locality.

Specimen Records (2)

ECFN 1297 ♂ Holotype Ecuador

Guasaganda, 493 m, Cotopaxi

May 2019 · col. E. Tapia

Holotype male of Yunka guasaganda, hand collected in a hotel room (QCAZ).

ECFN 1295 ♀ Paratype Ecuador

Guasaganda, 493 m, Cotopaxi

May 2019 · col. E. Tapia

Paratype female of Yunka guasaganda, collected under a log, same day and place as the holotype (QCAZ).

Taxonomic History

  1. 2026
    Yunka guasaganda Dupérré & Tapia, 2026
  2. Known only from Guasaganda in Cotopaxi at 493 m. The holotype male was collected by hand in a hotel room; the paratype female came from under a log at the same place, on the same day.

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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