Ewok pruriens

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 pruriens

Name

Ewok pruriens Schmidt, 1998

Type locality: Chile.

Holotype: SMF. female ♀.

Synonymy

• Thrixopelma pruriens {{a|Günter E.W. Schmidt|Schmidt]], 1998 (original combination)
• Ewok pruriens Schmidt - Sherwood et al., 2025: 12

References

Primary references

• Schmidt, G.E.W. 1998a. Bestimmungsschlüssel für die Gattungen der Unterfamilie Theraphosinae (Araneae: Theraphosidae). 2. Aktualisierte Auflage. Arachnologisches Magazin Sonderausgabe 4: 1-28. 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. 

Vernacular names

• English: Peruvian Green Velvet