A new locality record of Calchas anlasi Yağmur, Soleglad, Fet & Kovařík, 2013 from Hakkari Province, Turkey (Scorpiones, Iuridae, Calchinae)

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  A new locality record of Calchas anlasi Yağmur, Soleglad, Fet & Kovařík, 2013 from Hakkari Province, Turkey (Scorpiones, Iuridae, Calchinae) Abstract Abstract Purpose: The aim of this study is to determine the distribution limits of the Calchas anlasi Yağmur, Soleglad, Fet & Kovařík, 2013. Method: The specimen was collected from under the stone and preserved in 96% alcohol. After being photographed with a digital camera, image stacking was performed using Helicon focus software. After the photographic procedures summarized by Yağmur, the specimen is kept in the Celal Bayar University Zoology Museum (AZMM). Findings: As a result of the examination of the specimen obtained from Derecik District of Hakkari, it was seen that it has a female and 6-6 pectinal teeth structure. Conclusion: In the present study, a sixth population of C. anlasi is recorded, extending its known distribution eastward by approximately 70 km. Yeşilyurt, F., & Yağmur, E. A. (2026). A new locality re...

A new species of Reversopelma Schmidt, 2001 from Ecuador, and two new tarantula genera from Argentina, Bolivia, and Colombia (Araneae: Theraphosidae)

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A new species of Reversopelma Schmidt, 2001 from Ecuador, and two new tarantula genera from Argentina, Bolivia, and Colombia (Araneae: Theraphosidae)

Abstract
The genus Reversopelma Schmidt, 2001 is revised and diagnosed based on examination of the type material of its type species, R. petersi Schmidt, 2001, and a new species, Reversopelma spinometatarsi sp. nov., from Ecuador. The new species from Ecuador provides further knowledge on the male palpal bulb and spermathecal morphology of Reversopelma, supporting the delimitation of a new genus: Vitriemboli gen. nov. (type species Vitriemboli diaguita sp. nov.), easily distinguished from Reversopelma by the presence of urticating setae types III and IV. The Bolivian species Reversopelma herzogi Gabriel, Sherwood & Pérez-Miles, 2023 is transferred to Vitriemboli (Vitriemboli herzogi comb. nov.) based on urticating setae and male palpal bulb morphology. A second new genus, Colombiarachne gen. nov. (type species Colombiarachne dianae sp. nov.), discovered separately, is described from Colombia.

Peñaherrera-R, Pedro & Guerrero-Campoverde, Ariel & León-E, Roberto J. & Ríos Tamayo, Duniesky & Sherwood, Danniella & Cisneros-Heredia, Diego. (2025). A new species of Reversopelma Schmidt, 2001 from Ecuador, and two new tarantula genera from Argentina, Bolivia, and Colombia (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology. 20. 462-472.