World Spider Catalog

Genus: Alienus Peñaherrera-R., Sherwood, León-E., Ríos-Tamayo & Drolshagen, 2025 | Family: Paratropididae Simon, 1889

Alienus pasochoa (Dupérré & Tapia, 2024)

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062474

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Described:

Distribution: Ecuador

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museum of Invertebrates, Pontifícia Universidad Católica, Quito (QCAZ), Ecuador f (262395; subadult per Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025d: 697) - (Dupérré & Tapia, 2024c)

Taxonomic References

Paratropis pasochoa Dupérré & Tapia, 2024c: 471, f. 18A-B, 19A-C (Df; subadult per Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025d: 697) Original description

Alienus pasochoa Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025d: 697, f. 26A-F (Df, T from Paratropis)

References

Dupérré, N. & Tapia, E. (2024c). Seven new species of the enigmatic spider genus Paratropis Simon, 1889 (Mygalomorphae, Paratropididae) from Ecuador. Zootaxa 5519(4): 451-486. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5519.4.1 -- Show included taxa

Peñaherrera-R., P., Ríos-Tamayo, D., León-E., R. J., Drolshagen, B. & Sherwood, D. (2025d). On encrusted soil and mud: a preliminary phylogenetic analysis of the mud spider family Paratropididae Simon, 1889 (Araneae: Mygalomorphae) brings to light new species and genera. Invertebrate Zoology 22(4): 662-717. doi: 10.15298/invertzool.22.4.10 -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-01-06	Taxonomic reference update	Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025d	Old value
2026-01-06	New taxonomic reference entry	Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025d
2026-01-06	Species transferred to new genus	Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025d		Species transferred from Paratropis Simon, 1889 to Alienus Peñaherrera-R., Sherwood, León-E., Ríos-Tamayo & Drolshagen, 2025
2024-10-11	New taxonomic reference entry	Dupérré & Tapia, 2024c
2024-10-11	New species inserted	Dupérré & Tapia, 2024c