New? Tarantula species

[Frogdaddy]

I ran across thia article. Is this a new species?
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/tarantula-species-has-horn-its-back-180971519/

 

[chanda]

"New" is relative, given that the article was published nearly a year ago - but yes, Ceratogyrus attonitifer was just described last year. (The specimens were collected in 2015 and 2016.)

 

[viper69]

define new