Friday, December 19, 2025

[Arachnida • 2024] Plesiopelma arevaloae • A New Species of Plesiopelma (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae) from Uruguay


Plesiopelma arevaloae 
Arias, Hilario, Ferretti & Pérez-Miles, 2024


Abstract
We describe and illustrate a new tarantula species of the genus Plesiopelma from Lavalleja and Maldonado, Uruguay. Plesiopelma arevaloae sp. nov. is distinguished from other known species by morphological characters and molecular evidence.

Keywords: Taxonomy, Morphology, Molecular, Tarantula




Plesiopelma arevaloae sp. nov.


Victoria Arias, Maite Hilario, Nelson Ferretti and Fernando Pérez-Miles. 2024. A New Species of Plesiopelma from Uruguay (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Theraphosinae).  Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Naturais. 19(3); DOI: doi.org/10.46357/bcnaturais.v19i3.1001