Notahapalopus

Notahapalopus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Theraphosidae
Genus:	Notahapalopus ; Sherwood, Gabriel, Peñaherrera-R., Osorio, Benavides, Hörweg, Brescovit & Lucas, 2024
Type species
	Hapalopus aymara ; Perdomo, Panzera & Pérez-Miles, 2009
Species
	4, see text

Last updated October 29, 2025

Notahapalopus is a South American genus of tarantulas in the family Theraphosidae.^[2]

Distribution

The genus is known from Brazil, Bolivia, and French Guiana.^[2]

Etymology

The generic name indicates that this is "not a" Hapalopus .^[1]

Taxonomy

The genus was erected from three species previously in Hapalopus and one newly described species.^[2]

Species

As of October 2025^[update], this genus includes four species:^[2]

Notahapalopus aymara (Perdomo, Panzera & Pérez-Miles, 2009) – Bolivia, Brazil (type species)
Notahapalopus gasci (Maréchal, 1996) – French Guiana
Notahapalopus parauapebas Sherwood, Gabriel, Osorio, Benavides, Peñaherrera-R., Hörweg, Brescovit & Lucas, 2024 – Brazil
Notahapalopus serrapelada (Fonseca-Ferreira, Zampaulo & Guadanucci, 2017) – Brazil

References

1 2 Sherwood, D.; Gabriel, R.; Osorio, L. M.; Benavides, L. R.; Peñaherrera-R., P.; Hörweg, C.; Brescovit, A. D.; Lucas, S. M. (2024). "Spot the difference: on the genus Hapalopus Ausserer, 1875 in Colombia and a new related genus from Brazil and Bolivia (Araneae: Theraphosidae)". ZooNova. 32: 1–44. doi:10.5281/zenodo.11458605.
1 2 3 4 "Gen. Notahapalopus Sherwood, Gabriel, Peñaherrera-R., Osorio, Benavides, Hörweg, Brescovit & Lucas, 2024". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-28.

External links

Citizen science observations for Notahapalopus at iNaturalist

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[sherwood2024-1] 1 2 Sherwood, D.; Gabriel, R.; Osorio, L. M.; Benavides, L. R.; Peñaherrera-R., P.; Hörweg, C.; Brescovit, A. D.; Lucas, S. M. (2024). "Spot the difference: on the genus Hapalopus Ausserer, 1875 in Colombia and a new related genus from Brazil and Bolivia (Araneae: Theraphosidae)". ZooNova. 32: 1–44. doi:10.5281/zenodo.11458605.

[wsc-2] 1 2 3 4 "Gen. Notahapalopus Sherwood, Gabriel, Peñaherrera-R., Osorio, Benavides, Hörweg, Brescovit & Lucas, 2024". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-28.

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