Spinosatibiapalpus
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| Spinosatibiapalpus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Spinosatibiapalpus Gabriel & Sherwood, 2020[1] |
| Type species | |
| Metriopelma trinitatis (Pocock, 1903) | |
| Species | |
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5, see text | |
Spinosatibiapalpus is a genus of tarantulas erected by Gabriel and Sherwood in 2020 for a newly discovered species and two other previously described species bearing a unique palpal bulb morphology.[2] The name is a reference to the spines found on the fourth section of the pedipalp in adult males.[2] This distinctive feature was also found in Pseudhapalopus species, but because it is never mentioned in the original description of that genus,[3] Gabriel and Sherwood called into question the validity of Pseudohapalopus, and moved all its species except P. aculeatus, known only from a single male found in Bolivia in 1907.[3][1] It is impossible to place P. aculeatus because the holotype was destroyed when the museum housing it was bombed during World War II, and it has been declared as nomen dubium.[4][1]
As of July 2022[update] it contains 5 species:[1]
- Spinosatibiapalpus bora Sherwood & Gabriel, 2021 - Peru
- Spinosatibiapalpus cambrai Gabriel & Sherwood, 2022 - Panama
- Spinosatibiapalpus spinulopalpus (Schmidt & Weinmann, 1997) - Colombia
- Spinosatibiapalpus tansleyi Gabriel & Sherwood, 2020 - Trinidad
- Spinosatibiapalpus trinitatis (Pocock, 1903) (type) - Trinidad