Urupelma

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Urupelma
female Urupelma sp. from Madre de Dios, Peru
male Urupelma sp. from Cusco, Peru
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Urupelma
Kaderka, Lüddecke, Řezáč, Řezáčová & Hüsser, 2023[1]
Type species
Hemirrhagus peruvianus
Chamberlin, 1916
Species

12, see text

Urupelma is a genus of spiders in the family Theraphosidae.[2]

Distribution

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Urupelma is endemic to Peru, with all known species restricted to this South American country.[2]

Taxonomy

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U. peruvianum was added to the newly created genus Isiboroa by Gabriel et al. in 2023,[3] shortly before it was made the type species of this genus.

Species

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As of October 2025, this genus includes twelve species:[2]

References

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  1. ^ Kaderka, R.; Lüddecke, T.; Řezáč, M.; Řezáčová, V.; Hüsser, M. (2023). "Revision of the Peruvian tarantula Homoeomma peruvianum (Chamberlin, 1916): description of a new genus with eleven new species and insights to the evolution of montane tarantulas (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae)". Journal of Natural History. 57: 1710–1824. doi:10.1080/00222933.2023.2265621.
  2. ^ a b c "Gen. Urupelma Kaderka, Lüddecke, Řezáč, Řezáčová & Hüsser, 2023". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
  3. ^ Gabriel, R.; Sherwood, D.; Pérez-Miles, F. (2023). "Four new species and two new genera of theraphosid spider from Bolivia (Araneae: Theraphosidae)". Arachnology. 19: 944–951. doi:10.13156/arac.2023.19.6.944.
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