2015
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4033.4.4
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Abstract: A new monotypic genus of Theraphosidae is described from Colombia: Aguapanela Perafán & Cifuentes gen. nov. with only the type species Aguapanela arvi Perafán, Cifuentes & Estrada sp. nov., from Caldas and Medellin, Antioquia, Colombian Andes. The new genus differs from other theraphosid spiders mainly in the presence of stridulatory setae on the palps and legs I and II, together with the presence of type III and IV urticating setae. Males lack a tibial apophysis on leg I and have a simple palpal bulb with the… Show more

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“…Very aggressive when disturbed; specimens raise the abdomen resembling the defensive display of the species of Avicularia and of some spiders of Nemesiidae, or raise pedipalps and legs I resembling species of Acanthoscurria (Fig. 18D, H; Gonzalez-Filho et al 2012) and Aguapanela Perafán, Cifuentes & Estrada-Gomez, 2015 (Perafán et al 2015).…”
Section: Natural Historymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Very aggressive when disturbed; specimens raise the abdomen resembling the defensive display of the species of Avicularia and of some spiders of Nemesiidae, or raise pedipalps and legs I resembling species of Acanthoscurria (Fig. 18D, H; Gonzalez-Filho et al 2012) and Aguapanela Perafán, Cifuentes & Estrada-Gomez, 2015 (Perafán et al 2015).…”
Section: Natural Historymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Although Colombia possess 10% of the worldwide reported genera of the Theraphosidae family and the half of the Pamphobeteus species reported today (WorldSpiderCatalog., 2016), there is not any major research focused in the description of the venom of this individuals. In Colombia, there is only two studies available describing the venom biochemical and molecular content of two Theraphosidae species, Aguapanela arvi Peraf an, Cifuentes & Estrada, 2015(Perafan et al, 2015 and Pamphobeteus verdolaga Cifuentes, Peraf an & Estrada-Gomez, 2016(Cifuentes et al, 2016. The latter initially determined as Pamphobeteus aff.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The latter initially determined as Pamphobeteus aff. nigricolor (Estrada-Gomez et al, 2013;Perafan et al, 2015). P. verdolaga is a recently described species distributed from the Aburra Valley (Medellín) at 1400 m above the sea level (m.a.s.l.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%