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Genus: Yunka Dupérré & Tapia, 2026 | Family: Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869

Yunka baboso Dupérré & Tapia, 2026

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:067253

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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: Museum of Invertebrates, Pontifícia Universidad Católica, Quito (QCAZ), Ecuador 1f - (Dupérré, Tapia & Salazar-Valenzuela, 2026)
Paratype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany 1m 1f (A0032856, A0002688) - (Dupérré, Tapia & Salazar-Valenzuela, 2026)

Taxonomic References

Yunka baboso Dupérré & Tapia, in Dupérré, Tapia & Salazar-Valenzuela, 2026: 241, f. 26A-C, 27A-F, 28A-C, 29A-D, 30E, 30H, 32C-D, 33E, 34E, 35D, 38A-D (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 -- 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

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