Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens ( Strand, 1907 )

Santos, Naila Amanda S., Almeida, Marlus Queiroz, Morais, Jose Wellington De & Bertani, Rogerio, 2025, New species of Jambu Miglio, Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2024 and Guyruita Guadanucci, Lucas, Indicatti & Yamamoto, 2007 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from Brazil, with notes on Hapalopus Ausserer, 1875, Zootaxa 5660 (2), pp. 243-254 : 251

Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens ( Strand, 1907)

Eurypelma cyaneopubescens Strand, 1907: 35 ; Roewer, 1942: 238.

Delopelma cyaneopubescens Petrunkevitch, 1939: 252 .

Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens Schmidt, 1995: 25 ; Schmidt & Herzig, 1997: 12, f. 1-2; Schmidt, 1997: 15, f. 23-24; Schmidt 2000: 11, f. 1.

Proshapalopus variegatus Caporiacco, 1955: 281 ; Huber, Samm & Schmidt, 1996: 42; Rudloff 1997: 5; N. Syn.

Metriopelma variegata : Bertani 2001: 286.

Hapalopus variegatus : Gabriel 2016: 86.

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Type material. Holotype female of Proshapalopus variegatus Caporiacco, 1955 , from Venezuela, Falcon, Santa Ana, Marcuzzi col., X-1948, deposited at UCV XII-529, examined.

Remarks. The holotype of Proshapalopus variegatus Caporiacco, 1955 is a small female having a single fused spermatheca ( Fig. 6A ), a faded pattern of dark stripes on the abdomen dorsum and a central spot with urticating setae ( Fig. 6B ). It is possible to see two dark spots on the dorsal anterior area of the abdomen connected by a narrow dark band ( Fig. 6B ), a pattern unusual in theraphosids. These characters match with those found in females of Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens which are endemic to the region of the type locality of P. variegatus, Santa Ana , in the Paraguana Peninsula in the State of Falcon, Venezuela. Therefore, Proshapalopus variegatus Caporiacco, 1955 is herein considered a junior synonym of Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens ( Strand 1907) .

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FIGURE 6(A–B). Proshapalopus variegatus Caporiacco, 1955, female holotype. (A) spermatheca. (B) abdomen.