Ewok kimraykawsaki

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Theraphosoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa 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
Subfamilia: Theraphosinae
Tribus: Hapalopini
Genus: Ewok
Species: Ewok kimraykawsaki

Name

Ewok kimraykawsaki (Signorotto et al., 2025)

Type locality: Peru, Department of Apurímac, Abancay, Cconoc, 13°32′35.01″S 72°38′18.97″W, 1840 m.

Holotype: MUBI. male ♂. 07.XII.2018. legit J. C. Chaparro, L. Mamani. MUBI 337.

Synonymy

• Thrixopelma kimraykawsaki Signorotto et al., 2025: 111 (original combination)
• Ewok kimraykawsaki Signorotto et al. - Sherwood et al., 2025: 13

References

Primary references

• Signorotto, F., Ferretti, N.E., Chaparro, J.C., Ochoa, J.A. & West, R. 2025. The genus Thrixopelma Schmidt, 1994 from Peru: redescription of the male of T. ockerti Schmidt, 1994 (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae), and a new species. Arachnology 20(1): 107–114. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Sherwood, D., Gabriel, R., Peñaherrera-Romero, P.J., León-Escalante, R.J., Rollard, C., Leguin, E.A., Brescovit, A.D. & Lucas, S.M. 2025a. On the identity of some taxa in the tarantula tribe Hapalopini, with two synonymies, and description of four new genera and three new species (Araneae: Theraphosidae). ZooNova 46: 1-23. Reference page.