This species is 36% complete

Psalmopoeus petenensis Gabriel & Sherwood, 2020

Guatemala ♂

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Taxonomy and History

Scientific Name : Psalmopoeus petenensis

Described By: Gabriel & Sherwood, 2020
Researcher Profile: Ray Gabriel, Danniella Sherwood
Genus: Psalmopoeus
Etymology: The species epithet is in reference to Petén, the department in Guatemala in which the holotype was collected.
Original Type Locality: Petén, Uaxactun

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Revised taxonomic placement of some Mesoamerican Psalmopoeus Pocock, 1895, with description of three new species (Araneae: Theraphosidae)

Ray Gabriel, Danniella Sherwood ,2020
Three new species of the genus Psalmopoeus Pocock, 1895 are described from Central America: P. copanensis sp. nov. from Honduras, P. sandersoni sp. nov. from Belize, and P. petenensis sp. nov. from Guatemala. The taxonomic placement of other species within the Reduncus Group is addressed: P. intermedius Chamberlin, 1940 is redescribed and its type locality discussed, P. reduncus (Karsch, 1880) is redescribed from a lectotype and paralectotype designated herein, P. maya Witt, 1996 is consid- ered a species inquirenda based on the type series being absent from its stated repository, and additional morphological data for P. victori Mendoza, 2014 is detailed to complement the original description. Furthermore, a morphometric methodology for evaluation of female spermathecae is presented and its use in species delineation discussed.
Arachnology 18(4): 387-398
- Psalmopoeus copanensis, Psalmopoeus sandersoni, Psalmopoeus petenensis

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