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Genus: Ewok Peñaherrera-R., Sherwood, Gabriel, León-E., Rollard, Leguin, Brescovit & Lucas, 2025 | Family: Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869

Ewok kimraykawsaki (Signorotto, Ferretti, Chaparro, Ochoa & West, 2025)

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064357

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Described:

Distribution: Peru

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museo de Biodiversidad del Perú (MUBI), Cusco, Peru m (337) - (Signorotto et al., 2025)
Paratype: Museo de Biodiversidad del Perú (MUBI), Cusco, Peru 1f (338) - (Signorotto et al., 2025)

Taxonomic References

Thrixopelma kimraykawsaki Signorotto et al., 2025: 111, f. 4A-B, 5A-B, 6A-C, 7A-F, 8A-D (Dmf) Original description

Ewok kimraykawsaki Sherwood et al., 2025f: 10 (T from Thrixopelma)

References

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

Signorotto, F., Ferretti, N., Chaparro, J. C., Ochoa, J. A. & West, R. (2025). The genus Thrixopelma Schmidt, 1994 from Peru: redescription of the male of T. ockerti Schmidt, 1994 (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae), and a new species. Arachnology 20(1): 107-114. doi: 10.13156/arac.2024.20.1.107 -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Comment
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
2025-03-13	New taxonomic reference entry	Signorotto et al., 2025
2025-03-13	New species inserted	Signorotto et al., 2025