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Genus: Hapalotremus Simon, 1903 | Family: Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869

Hapalotremus vilcanota Ferretti, Cavalllo, Chaparro, Ríos-Tamayo, Seimon & West, 2018

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050502

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Described:

Distribution: Peru

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (MUSM), Lima, Peru f (ENT 0508677) - (Ferretti et al., 2018)
Paratype: Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (MUSM), Lima, Peru 2f (ENT 0508680-0508681) - (Ferretti et al., 2018)

Taxonomic References

Hapalotremus vilcanota Ferretti et al., 2018: 1975, f. 2c-e, 4a-f, 5a-i, 6a-c,e, 34a-e, 35a-e (Df) Original description

Hapalotremus vilcanota Ferretti et al., 2025: 98, f. 13 (f)

References

Ferretti, N., Cavallo, P., Chaparro, J. C., Ríos-Tamayo, D., Seimon, T. A. & West, R. (2018). The Neotropical genus Hapalotremus Simon, 1903 (Araneae: Theraphosidae), with the description of seven new species and the highest altitude record for the family. Journal of Natural History 52(29-30): 1927-1984. doi: 10.1080/00222933.2018.1506521 -- Show included taxa

Ferretti, N., Chaparro, J. C., Ochoa, J. A. & West, R. (2025). Phylogeny of the high-altitude tarantulas Hapalotremus Simon, 1903 (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae) with the description of a new species. Insect Systematics & Evolution 56(1): 90-110. doi: 10.1163/1876312x-bja10068 -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference
2025-03-12	New taxonomic reference entry	Ferretti et al., 2025
2018-08-26	New taxonomic reference entry	Ferretti et al., 2018
2018-08-26	New species inserted	Ferretti et al., 2018