Tandayarachne sherwoodae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Theraphosoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Mygalomorphae Superfamilia: Theraphosoidea

Familia: Theraphosidae
Genus: Tandayarachne
Species: Tandayarachne sherwoodae

Name

Tandayarachne sherwoodae Peñaherrera-Romero & Guayasamin 2025: 16

Type locality: USFQ Tandayapa Cloud Forest Station, Parroquia de Nanegalito, Provincia de Pichincha, República del Ecuador (0.0097 S, 78.6877 W, 2300 m).

Holotype: ZSFQ. 29.XI.2024. legit JMG, DFM, PPR. ZSFQ-i21041.

References

Primary references

• Peñaherrera-Romero, P.J. & Guayasamin, J.M. 2025. Between cloud forests and museums: testing tarantula (Araneae: Theraphosidae) generic boundaries reveals a new montane genus from Ecuador and Colombia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 205(3): zlaf152. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf152. Reference page.