World Spider Catalog

Genus: Romopelma Peñaherrera-R., Pinos-Sanchez, Guerrero-Campoverde, León-E. & Cisneros-Heredia, 2024 | Family: Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869

Romopelma chirapa Dupérré & Tapia, 2026

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:067251

ZooBank: 78F5AF71-D8BF-472C-ACEA-BA0D2094DDFE

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Described:

Distribution: Ecuador

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museum of Invertebrates, Pontifícia Universidad Católica, Quito (QCAZ), Ecuador m - (Dupérré, Tapia & Salazar-Valenzuela, 2026)
Paratype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany 1m (A0032948) - (Dupérré, Tapia & Salazar-Valenzuela, 2026)
Paratype: Museum of Invertebrates, Pontifícia Universidad Católica, Quito (QCAZ), Ecuador 1f - (Dupérré, Tapia & Salazar-Valenzuela, 2026)
Paratype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany 2f (A00329489, A0002994) - (Dupérré, Tapia & Salazar-Valenzuela, 2026)

Taxonomic References

Romopelma chirapa Dupérré & Tapia, in Dupérré, Tapia & Salazar-Valenzuela, 2026: 224, f. 7A-B, 11A-C, 12A-D, 13A-F, 14A-F, 15, 16A-C, 17A-F, 36C–F (Dmf) Original description

References

Dupérré, N., Tapia, E. & Salazar-Valenzuela, D. (2026). New Theraphosinae from Ecuador: description of five species (Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae, Romopelma, and Homoeomma) with the establishment of a new genus. Evolutionary Systematics 10: 217-261. doi: 10.3897/evolsyst.10.196576 ZooBank: 15453D47-3F1D-43DF-A459-3C9CEFCED65C -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-07-07	New taxonomic reference entry	Dupérré, Tapia & Salazar-Valenzuela, 2026
2026-07-07	New species inserted	Dupérré, Tapia & Salazar-Valenzuela, 2026