Neischnocolus yupanquii ( Pérez-Miles, Gabriel & Gallon, 2008 )

Peñaherrera-R, Pedro, Guerrero-Campoverde, Ariel, León-E, Roberto J., Gabriel, Ray, Sherwood, Danniella & Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F., 2025, Revisiting the tarantula genus Neischnocolus Petrunkevitch, 1925 (Araneae, Theraphosidae): new insights on male palpal bulb morphology and description of three new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 1022, pp. 19-50 : 34-36

Neischnocolus yupanquii ( Pérez-Miles, Gabriel & Gallon, 2008)

Figs 1A, 2, 8–9

Ami yupanquii Pérez-Miles, Gabriel & Gallon in Pérez-Miles et al., 2008: 58 , figs 3, 11–15, 39.

Neischnocolus yupanquii – Pérez-Miles et al. 2019: 154.

non Ami yupanquii – Kaderka 2014: 211, figs 12–13.

non Neischnocolus yupanquii – Kaderka 2020: 448, fig. 9.

Emended diagnosis

Males of N. yupanquii resemble those of N. weinmanni by having an embolus with an acute angulation to palpal organ axis, developed prolateral superior keel, intermediate keel denticulate and continuous, and presence of a median dorsal granular area. Nonetheless, N. yupanquii differs from N. weinmanni by comparatively developed and shorter prolateral inferior keel, intermediate keel emerging between spermatic pore keels, intermediate keel overall denticulate, median dorsal granular area extending over dorsal surface, developed and denticulate apical keel (comparatively having a well-developed and elongated prolateral inferior keel, intermediate keel emerging below spermatic pore keels, intermediate keel basally denticulate, and absence of an apical keel and median dorsal granular area in N. weinmanni ).

Type material

Holotype

REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR – Provincia de Pastaza • ♂; near Puyo ; 1.50000° S, 77.96000° W; elev. 934 m; 2001; P. Stevens leg.; OUMNH, OUMNH-2010-033 .

Paratype

REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; OUMNH, OUMNH-2010-033 .

Remarks

During the examination of the paratype female of N. yupanquii , we noted that the spermatheca was damaged by a previous examinator.