A new species and two new genera of theraphosine from Peru (Araneae: Theraphosidae)

Increasing knowledge of Cymbiapophysa Gabriel & Sherwood, 2020 (Araneae, Theraphosidae): general distribution, key to species, and three new species from Ecuador

“…nov., C. velox , and C. yimana ; RI keel absent in C. carmencita sp. nov., C. magna , C. marimbai , and C. seldeni ( Perafán and Valencia-Cuéllar 2018 ; Gabriel and Sherwood 2020 ; Sherwood et al 2021a ; Sherwood and Gabriel 2023 )).…”

“…nov. by the presence of a slightly serrated PACK keel and smooth PI keel, developed RS keel, weakly developed RI keel, weakly developed A keel, D developed, and absence of PAIK keel and Type III urticating setae (slightly serrated PACK and PI keels, absence of RS and RI keels, disjunct and developed A keel, developed PAIK keel, D weakly developed, and presence of Type III urticating setae in C. carmencita sp. nov.); from C. velox and C. yimana by palpal bulb morphology with the presence of a continuous and slightly serrated PACK keel, D developed, and absence of Type III urticating setae ( PACK keel(s) absent, D weakly developed, and presence of Type III urticating setae in C. velox and C. yimana ( Gabriel and Sherwood 2020 ; Sherwood et al 2021a )); from C. marimbai , C. magna , and C. seldeni by the presence of a single slightly PACK keel and a RI keel, having the PS keel as long as PI keel, absence of a tibial apophysis, D developed, and absence of Type III urticating setae (two PACK keels present, RI keel absent, PS keel longer than PI , tibial apophysis present, D well-developed, and presence of Type III urticating setae in C. marimbai ; PACK and RI keels absent, PS keel longer than PI , tibial apophysis present, D developed, and presence of Type III urticating setae in C. magna ; PACK keel (s) absent, PS keel as long as PI keel, tibial apophysis present, and D weakly-developed in C. seldeni ( Perafán and Valencia-Cuéllar 2018 ; Sherwood et al 2021a ; Sherwood and Gabriel 2023 )). Additionally, Cymbiapophysa home...…”

“…Subtypes of urticating setae follow Kaderka et al (2019) . The key to species of Cymbiapophysa is based on available information from Perafán and Valencia-Cuéllar (2018) , Gabriel and Sherwood (2020) , Sherwood et al (2021a) , and Sherwood and Gabriel (2023) .…”

“…The type localities of the previously known species of Cymbiapophysa , excluding C. yimana , were obtained from the original descriptions of Pocock (1903) , Perafán and Valencia-Cuéllar (2018) , Sherwood et al (2021a) , Sherwood and Gabriel (2023) . Additional information about C. velox localities were obtained from Peters (1955) , Brown (1941) , and Lynch and Duellman (1997) .…”

“…This neotropical group currently has four valid species distributed in Colombia, Ecuador, and possibly Peru ( Gabriel and Sherwood 2020 ; Sherwood et al 2021a ; WSC 2023 ). For Ecuador, the only known species of Cymbiapophysa are C. velox (Pocock, 1903) and C. seldeni Sherwood & Gabriel, 2023, both described from specimens collected by W. F. H. Rosemberg at Paramba and Pambelar in the case of C. velox , and Carondelet for C. seldeni , in the Province of Esmeraldas, northwestern Ecuador ( Pocock 1903 ; Gabriel and Sherwood 2020 ; Sherwood and Gabriel 2023 ).…”