Colombiarachne

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Colombiarachne
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Colombiarachne
Sherwood, Gabriel, Peñaherrera-R., Guerrero-Campoverde, León-E., Mora-Bolaños, Ríos-Tamayo & Cisneros-Heredia, 2025 [1]
Species:
C. dianae
Binomial name
Colombiarachne dianae
Sherwood, Gabriel & Peñaherrera-R., 2025 [2]

Colombiarachne is a monotypic genus of spiders in the family Theraphosidae containing the single species, Colombiarachne dianae. [2]

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Distribution

Colombiarachne dianae is endemic to the Pacific lowlands of Colombia. [2] [1]

Etymology

The genus name is a combination of "Colombia" and "arachne" (spider). C. dianae honors Colombian zoologist Diana Arzuza Buelvas. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Peñaherrera-R., P.; Mora-Bolaños, J.; Guerrero-Campoverde, A.; León-E., R. J.; Ríos-Tamayo, D.; Gabriel, R.; Sherwood, D.; Cisneros-Heredia, D. F. (2025). "A new species of Reversopelma Schmidt, 2001 from Ecuador, and two new tarantula genera from Argentina, Bolivia, and Colombia (Araneae: Theraphosidae)". Arachnology. 20: 462–472. doi:10.13156/arac.2024.20.3.14.
  2. 1 2 3 "Gen. Colombiarachne Sherwood, Gabriel, Peñaherrera-R., Guerrero-Campoverde, León-E., Mora-Bolaños, Ríos-Tamayo & Cisneros-Heredia, 2025". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2026-01-22.


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