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Genus: Neochelas Pett, Grismado & Ramírez, 2026 | Family: Trachelidae Simon, 1897

Neochelas amacayacu (Sherwood & Arzuza, 2025)

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066619

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Described:

Distribution: Colombia

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Manchester Museum of the University of Manchester (MMUE/MMUM), Manchester, United Kingdom f (G7572.13103) - (Sherwood & Arzuza, 2025)

Taxonomic References

Trachelas amacayacu Sherwood & Arzuza, 2025: 88, f. 1A-E (Df) Original description

Neochelas amacayacu Pett et al., 2026: 237 (T from Trachelas)

References

Pett, B. L., Grismado, C. J., González Márquez, M. E. & Ramírez, M. J. (2026). On the American spider species formerly placed in Trachelas, with the proposal of the new genus Neochelas and a revision for southern South America (Araneae: Trachelidae). Zootaxa 5796(2): 201-245. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5796.2.1 [[Zoobank: DC14A843-2776-4140-87F8-4CF6AB4618A1]] -- Show included taxa

Sherwood, D. & Arzuza Buelvas, D. (2025). A new species of Trachelas L. Koch, 1872 in the bispinosus-group from Colombia (Araneae: Trachelidae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 47: 87-89. -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Comment
2026-04-23	New taxonomic reference entry	Pett et al., 2026
2026-04-23	Species transferred to new genus	Pett et al., 2026	Species transferred from Trachelas L. Koch, 1872 to Neochelas Pett, Grismado & Ramírez, 2026
2026-01-09	New taxonomic reference entry	Sherwood & Arzuza, 2025