Neischnocolus valentinae (Almeida, Salvatierra & de Morais, 2019)

Peñaherrera-R, Pedro, Guerrero-Campoverde, Ariel, León-E, Roberto J., Gabriel, Ray, Sherwood, Danniella & Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F., 2025, Revisiting the tarantula genus Neischnocolus Petrunkevitch, 1925 (Araneae, Theraphosidae): new insights on male palpal bulb morphology and description of three new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 1022, pp. 19-50 : 32

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.1022.3079
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:BA169159-91E4-4DF7-A5A3-B6DE29ED14B3
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17368947
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F70CAE07-FF9B-5239-ACE6-FD3C4F82F9B2
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Neischnocolus valentinae (Almeida, Salvatierra & de Morais, 2019)
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Treatment

Neischnocolus valentinae (Almeida, Salvatierra & de Morais, 2019) View in CoL

Ami valentinae Almeida, Salvatierra & de Morais, 2019: 642 , figs 1–2.

Amended diagnosis

Males of N. valentinae easily differ from those of all known congeners by having an undulated intermediate keel. Males of N. valentinae slightly resemble those of N. samonellaacademy sp. nov. and N. tsere by having an embolus with an acute angulation to palpal organ axis, presence of a median dorsal granular area, and absence of an apical keel. Nonetheless, N. valentinae differs from N. samonellaacademy by having prolateral superior keel weakly developed, prolateral inferior keel developed and elongated, median dorsal granular area composed of spiky spicules extending only over the dorsal surface of the bulb, and comparatively having a more elongated distal to medial extension of the embolus (developed prolateral superior keel, prolateral inferior keel well developed and short, median dorsal granular area composed of rounded spicules extending only over the dorsal surface of the bulb, and distal to medial extension of the embolus comparatively shorter in N. samonellaacademy ); from N. tsere by having prolateral inferior and intermediate keels smooth, intermediate keel continuous and emerging below spermatic pore keels, and median dorsal granular area composed of spiky spicules extending only over the dorsal surface of the bulb (prolateral inferior and intermediate keels slightly apically serrated, intermediate keel disjunct and emerging between spermatic pore keels, and median dorsal granular area composed of spiky spicules extending only over the prolatero-dorsal surface of the bulb in N. tsere ).

Type material

Holotype (not examined)

BRAZIL – Estado do Amazonas • ♂; Manaus, Fazenda Experimental da UFAM; 2.63000° S, 60.05000° W; elev. 68 m; 1 Jul. 2018; M.Q. Almeida leg.; INPA, INPA (9074). GoogleMaps

Paratypes (not examined)

BRAZIL • 2 ♂♂; same data as for holotype; INPA, INPA (9075) GoogleMaps .