Ewok cyaneolus (Schmidt, Friebolin & Friebolin, 2005)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039509

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Described:

Distribution: Peru

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Taxonomic References
Thrixopelma cyaneum Schmidt, Friebolin & Friebolin, 2005a: 7, f. 1-5 (mf, nomen nudum, no type depository)
Thrixopelma cyaneolum Schmidt, Friebolin & Friebolin, 2005b: 3 (Dmf) Original description
Thrixopelma cyaneum Peters, 2005b: 113, f. 357-361 (mf)
Thrixopelma cyaneolum Sherwood et al., 2021c: 904, f. 37, 39-40, 42 (f)
Thrixopelma cyaneolum Kaderka & Quispe-Colca, 2025: 7, f. 5, 8E-F (f)
Ewok cyaneolum Sherwood et al., 2025f: 9 (T from Thrixopelma)
References

Kaderka, R. & Quispe-Colca, O. M. (2025). Description of a male of the Peruvian tarantula Thrixopelma aymara (Chamberlin, 1916), and a new species of Thrixopelma Schmidt, 1994 from Peru (Araneae; Theraphosidae; Theraphosinae), with comments on the conservation of tarantulas in Peru. Revista Peruana de Biología 32(2, e30562): 1-35. doi: 10.15381/rpb.v32i2.30562 -- Show included taxa

Peters, H.-J. (2005b). Tarantulas of the world: Kleiner Atlas der Vogelspinnen - Band 3. Published by the author, Wegberg, Germany, 130 pp. -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G., Friebolin, F. & Friebolin, M. (2005a). Gibt es jetzt wirklich eine neue Homoeomma-Art (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae) aus Peru? Tarantulas of the World 102: 4-17. -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G., Friebolin, F. & Friebolin, M. (2005b). Ergänzung zur Erstbeschreibung von Thrixopelma cyaneum sp.n. Tarantulas of the World 110: 3. -- Show included taxa

Sherwood, D., Gabriel, R., Kaderka, R., Lucas, S. M. & Brescovit, A. D. (2021c). Stabilizing a chaotic taxonomy: redescription and redefinition of the genera Lasiodorides Schmidt & Bischoff, 1997 and Thrixopelma Schmidt, 1994 (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology 18(8): 893-917. doi: 10.13156/arac.2021.18.8.893 -- Show included taxa

Sherwood, D., Gabriel, R., Peñaherrera-R., P., León-E., R. J., Rollard, C., Leguin, E.-A., Brescovit, A. D. & Lucas, S. M. (2025f). On the identity of some taxa in the tarantula tribe Hapalopini, with two synonymies, and description of four new genera and three new species (Araneae: Theraphosidae). ZooNova 46: 1-23. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.17612014 -- Show included taxa

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Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2025-11-15 Species updated Old value Species epithet corrected
2025-11-15 New taxonomic reference entry Sherwood et al., 2025f
2025-11-15 Species transferred to new genus Sherwood et al., 2025f Species transferred from Thrixopelma to Ewok
2025-07-14 New taxonomic reference entry Kaderka & Quispe-Colca, 2025
2021-07-05 New taxonomic reference entry Sherwood et al., 2021c

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