Trichopelma juventud Mori & Bertani, 2020

Ríos-Tamayo, Duniesky, 2024, Taxonomy and phylogeny of the genus Trichopelma Simon, 1888 (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Trichopelmatinae) in Cuba, with the descriptions of seven new species and a new species of Thalerommata Ausserer, 1875, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (2), pp. 347-399 : 373-375

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.10.2.347
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17026519
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scientific name	Trichopelma juventud Mori & Bertani, 2020
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Trichopelma juventud Mori & Bertani, 2020 View in CoL

Trichopelma juventud Mori & Bertani, 2020:99 View in CoL .

Type Material (not examined). Holotype ♀, Cuba, Isla de Pinos (now Isla de la Juventud), [21°42’N, 82°49’W], 1.IV.1905, coll. Barbours & N. Banks ( MCZ 75003 About MCZ ) GoogleMaps ; Paratype 1♂, Cuba, same data as female ( MCZ 75005 About MCZ ) GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. Males of T. juventud can be distinguished from all other species in Cuba by their bulb morphology, similar to T. cheguevarai sp. nov. It differs from T. cheguevarai sp. nov. by the keels around the embolus smaller, the prolateral branch of their tibial I apophysis with only one spine and STC bare. Females can be differentiated by their simple and trapezoidal spermathecae.

Description. See Mori & Bertani, 2020:99.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Arachnida
Order	Araneae
Family	Theraphosidae
Genus	Trichopelma