Crypticarachne nadineae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Theraphosoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota 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: Crypticarachne
Species: Crypticarachne nadineae

Name

Thrixopelma nadineae (Sherwood & Gabriel, 2022)

Type locality: Loja, Ecuador.

Holotype: ZMUH. male ♂. 16.I.1898. legit E.W. Witt. ZMH-0000888.

Synonymy

• Thrixopelma nadineae Sherwood & Gabriel, 2022: 256 (original combination)
• Crypticarachne nadineae Sherwood & Gabriel - Sherwood et al., 2025: 8

References

Primary references

• Sherwood, D. & Gabriel, R. 2022b. Thrixopelma nadineae, a new theraphosine from Ecuador (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Taxonomy 2: 255-260. doi:10.3390/taxonomy2030020. . 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. 

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