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| Tepuithele nangaritza Dupérré & Tapia, 2025 |
Abstract
A new genus from the mygalomorph family Ischnothelidae is described from Ecuador. Tepuithele n. gen. was collected in the Tepui formation found in the Zamora Chinchipe province, Ecuador. The new species, Tepuithele nangaritza n. sp. (♂♀), possesses a unique combination of morphological characters not found in any other members of the family: male chelicerae with large forward prongs, leg I without tibial apophysis, and metatarsus I without keel. Images of both male and female are presented, in addition to a distribution map.
KEYWORDS: cheliceral prong, diversity, taxonomy, Tepui formation
Tepuithele n. gen.
Tepuithele nangaritza n. sp.
Nadine Dupérré and Elicio Tapia. 2025. A New Genus in the mygalomorph Spider Family Ischnothelidae, Tepuithele n. gen., from Ecuador. Arachnology. 20(2); 238-244. DOI: doi.org/10.13156/arac.2025.20.2.238 (7 July 2025)
