new species: Cyriocosmus pribiki sp. nov. & C. rogerioi sp. nov.

[Martin H.]

Hi,

something for the fans of the genus Cyriocosmus:

• PÉREZ-MILES, F. & D. WEINMANN (2009): Two new species of Cyriocosmus Simon, 1903 from Peru and the highest altitude record for the genus (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Theraphosinae). Revista Iberica de Aracnologia 17: 29-35.
  
  Abstact:
  Two new species of Cyriocosmus (Theraphosinae) from Perú are described
  and illustrated. Both differ from most other species of Cyriocosmus in the absence
  of a stripped pattern on the abdomen and males with the retrolateral
  branch of tibial apophysis distally incrassate and flattened. The cladistic relationships
  within the genus are reanalyzed including these new taxa. Specimens
  of the new species were collected at altitudes of between 2200 and 3000 m,
  these records constituting the highest altitudinal record for the genus.

all the best,
Martin

 

[The Spider Faery]

Aw no pictures.

 

[tarcan]

No, not even in the paper.