Taxon details

Family: Theraphosidae / Genus: Trichopelma

Trichopelma grande Ortiz & Fonseca, 2024

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m
  • Last updated: 2024-11-17
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062979]
  • Distribution: Cuba
Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany; m (Ortiz & Fonseca, 2024)
  • Paratype: Instituto de Ecología y Sistemática, Colección Zoológica de la Academia de Ciencias de Cuba (IES-CZACC/IZ), La Habana, Cuba; 1m (Ortiz & Fonseca, 2024)
  • Paratype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA; 1m (IZ167597) (Ortiz & Fonseca, 2024)
Taxonomic references
Trichopelma grande Ortiz & Fonseca, 2024: 2195, f. 3, 4A-E, 5A-C, 6A-D (Dm).
References

Ortiz, D. & Fonseca, E. O. (2024). A hairy giant among dwarves: Trichopelma grande, a distinct new species of tarantula from Cuba (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Journal of Natural History 58(45-48): 2189-2205. doi:10.1080/00222933.2024.2401921 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2024-11-17 New taxonomic reference entry Ortiz & Fonseca, 2024 n/a
2024-11-17 New species inserted Ortiz & Fonseca, 2024 n/a