Romopelma

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Romopelma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Romopelma
Peñaherrera-R., Pinos-Sanchez, Guerrero-Campoverde, León-E. & Cisneros-Heredia, 2024 [1]
Species:
R. barrigae
Binomial name
Romopelma barrigae
Peñaherrera-R., Pinos-Sanchez, Guerrero-Campoverde, León-E. & Cisneros-Heredia, 2024 [2]

Romopelma is a monotypic genus of tarantulas in the family Theraphosidae, containing the single species Romopelma barrigae. [2]

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Distribution

Romopelma barrigae is endemic to the Northwestern Andes of Ecuador. [2]

Etymology

The genus name honors David Fernando Romo Vallejo, a professor and educator from Quito, combined with the common ending for tarantual genera "-pelma". The specific name honors his wife, Consuelo Barriga, the long-time administrator of the Tiputini Biodiversity Station.

References

  1. ↑ Peñaherrera-R., P.; Pinos-Sanchez, A.; Guerrero-Campoverde, A.; León-E., R. J.; Cisneros-Heredia, D. F. (2024). "Secrets of a didactic collection: a new tarantula genus from the Montane Forest of north-western Ecuador (Araneae: Theraphosidae)". Arachnology. 19: 1185–1191. doi:10.13156/arac.2024.19.9.1185.
  2. 1 2 3 "Gen. Romopelma Peñaherrera-R., Pinos-Sanchez, Guerrero-Campoverde, León-E. & Cisneros-Heredia, 2024". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-28.


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