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Issue: Vol. 5706 No. 4: 14 Oct. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-10-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5706.4.4
Page range: 530-550
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Four new species of Neischnocolus (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae) from Western Ecuador

Museum of Nature Hamburg; Zoologie; Leibniz-Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB); Center for Taxonomy and Morphology; Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3; 20146 Hamburg; Germany; Research Associate; American Museum of Natural History; New York; NY; U.S.A.
Museum of Nature Hamburg; Zoologie; Leibniz-Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB); Center for Taxonomy and Morphology; Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3; 20146 Hamburg; Germany
Araneae Diversity spiders Theraphosinae

Abstract

Four new species of the small mygalomorph genus Neischnocolus (Theraphosidae) are described from Western Ecuador: N. ballerioi sp. nov. (male); N. pampenita sp. nov. (male, female); N. ruffoi sp. nov. (male, female) and, N. canosita sp. nov. (male). Additionally, the female of Neischnocolus cisnerosi Peñaherrera et al. 2023 is described for the first time.

 

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How to Cite

Dupérré, N. & Tapia, E. (2025) Four new species of Neischnocolus (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae) from Western Ecuador. Zootaxa, 5706 (4), 530–550. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5706.4.4