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Psalmopoeus pristirana

Ecuador
IUCN Status

Type Locality : Ecuador, Cotopaxi province, San Francisco de Las Pampas, Pristirana Biological Reserve

Etymology : The specific epithet is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality, Pristirana Biological Reserve.

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Male Activity

A new species of Theraphosidae, genus Psalmopoeus Pocock, 1895 is described from the Chocó region of Ecuador, Psalmopoeus pristirana n. sp. (male and female). The identity of the female of the recently described Psalmopoeus satanas Peñaherrera-R. & León-E., 2023 is discussed. Images of Psalmopoeus ecclesiasticus Pocock, 1903 are given for comparison and a distribution map of all Ecuadorian Psalmopoeus species is presented.
Zootaxa 5437(4): 495-509

Habitat and Type Locality