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Genus: Anqasha Sherwood & Gabriel, 2022 | Family: Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869

Anqasha lima Sherwood, Peñaherrera-R., Gabriel, León-E., Rollard, Leguin, Brescovit & Lucas, 2025

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066411

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Described:

Distribution: Peru

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (MUSM), Lima, Peru f (ENT 0501413) - (Sherwood et al., 2025f)

Taxonomic References

Anqasha sp. Kaderka, 2023: 12, f. 8A-F, 9B (f; here per Sherwood et al., 2025f: 16)

Anqasha lima Sherwood, Peñaherrera-R., Gabriel, León-E., Rollard, Leguin, Brescovit & Lucas in Sherwood et al., 2025f: 16 (Df; new name for specimen described by Kaderka, 2023: 12) Original description

References

Kaderka, R. (2023). Notes on Anqasha picta (Pocock, 1903) and description of a new species of Anqasha from Peru (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Theraphosinae). Revista Peruana de Biología 30(4, e25154): 1-15. doi: 10.15381/rpb.v30i4.25154 -- 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

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference
2025-11-15	New taxonomic reference entry	Kaderka, 2023
2025-11-15	New taxonomic reference entry	Sherwood et al., 2025f
2025-11-15	New species inserted	Sherwood et al., 2025f