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Genus: Reversopelma Schmidt, 2001 | Family: Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869

Reversopelma spinometatarsi Peñaherrera-R., Mora-Bolaños, Guerrero-Campoverde, León-E., Ríos-Tamayo, Gabriel, Sherwood & Cisneros-Heredia, 2025

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066321

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Distribution: Ecuador

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Holotype: Museo de Zoología, Universidad San Francisco de Quito (ZSFQ), Ecuador m (i20745) - (Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025b)
Paratype: Museo de Zoología, Universidad San Francisco de Quito (ZSFQ), Ecuador 2f (i12211, i12215) - (Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025b)
Paratype: Instituto de Ciencias Naturales (ICN), Invertebrate Collection, Universidad Nacional de Colombia and Natural History Museum Andes (NUCMHN), Bogotá, Colombia 4m (Ar 2002, 11252, 12294, 12298) - (Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025b)

Taxonomic References

Reversopelma spinometatarsi Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025b: 466, f. 2A-B, 3A-C, 4, 5A-D, 6A-C, 7A-B, 8A-B, 9A-B (Dmf) Original description

Reversopelma spinometatarsi Kaderka, 2026b: 6, f. 3A-C, 4A-B (mf)

References

Kaderka, R. (2026b). Revision of Bermejoa panguana Portela & Ríos-Tamayo 2025 and Vitriemboli herzogi (Gabriel, Sherwood & Pérez-Miles 2023) (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Theraphosinae). Revista Peruana de Biología 33(3, e34744): 1-10. doi: 10.15381/rpb.v33i3.34744 -- Show included taxa

Peñaherrera-R., P., Mora-Bolaños, J., Guerrero-Campoverde, A., León-E., R. J., Ríos-Tamayo, D., Gabriel, R., Sherwood, D. & Cisneros-Heredia, D. F. (2025b). A new species of Reversopelma Schmidt, 2001 from Ecuador, and two new tarantula genera from Argentina, Bolivia, and Colombia (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology 20(3): 462-472. doi: 10.13156/arac.2024.20.3.14 -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference
2026-10-14	New taxonomic reference entry	Kaderka, 2026b
2025-11-02	New taxonomic reference entry	Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025b
2025-11-02	New species inserted	Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025b