Melloleitaoina yupanqui

Melloleitaoina yupanqui is a species of spider in the subfamily Theraphosinae of the family Theraphosidae. It is endemic to Argentina.[1]

Melloleitaoina yupanqui
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Arachnida
Order:
Araneae
Family:
Theraphosidae
Subfamily:
Theraphosinae
Genus:
Melloleitaoina
Species:
Melloleitaoina yupanqui
Binomial name
M. yupanqui
Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014

Etymology

Yupanqui, the specific name of this species, is in honour of Atahualpa Yupanqui, a famous musician and a synonym of Héctor Aramburu.[2]

Characteristics

M. yupanqui has a very curved embolus with no triangular spine, and a discontinued prolateral superior keel (still on the embolus) which separates into two keels. The female spermathecae are short and with large granules.[2]

References
  1. Melloleitaoina yupanqui Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014. World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum of Bern. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
  2. Perafán, C. & Pérez-Miles, F. (2014a). Three new species of Melloleitaoina Gerschman and Schiapelli, 1960 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae) from northern Argentina. ZooKeys 404: 117-129. Link doi:10.3897/zookeys.404.6243. Retrieved February 15, 2016.


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