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Romopelma
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| Romopelma | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Romopelma Peñaherrera-R., Pinos-Sanchez, Guerrero-Campoverde, León-E. & Cisneros-Heredia, 2024[2] |
| Species: | R. barrigae
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| Romopelma barrigae Peñaherrera-R., Pinos-Sanchez, Guerrero-Campoverde, León-E. & Cisneros-Heredia, 2024[1]
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Romopelma is a monotypic genus of tarantulas in the family Theraphosidae, containing the single species Romopelma barrigae.[1]
Distribution
[edit]Romopelma barrigae is endemic to the Northwestern Andes of Ecuador.[1]
Etymology
[edit]The genus name honors David Fernando Romo Vallejo, a professor and educator from Quito, combined with the common ending for tarantual genera "-pelma". The specific name honors his wife, Consuelo Barriga, the long-time administrator of the Tiputini Biodiversity Station.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Gen. Romopelma Peñaherrera-R., Pinos-Sanchez, Guerrero-Campoverde, León-E. & Cisneros-Heredia, 2024". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
- ^ Peñaherrera-R., P.; Pinos-Sanchez, A.; Guerrero-Campoverde, A.; León-E., R. J.; Cisneros-Heredia, D. F. (2024). "Secrets of a didactic collection: a new tarantula genus from the Montane Forest of north-western Ecuador (Araneae: Theraphosidae)". Arachnology. 19: 1185–1191. doi:10.13156/arac.2024.19.9.1185.
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