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- PÉREZ-MILES, F. & D. WEINMANN (2010): Agnostopelma: a new genus of tarantula without a scopula on leg IV (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae). The Journal of Arachnology 38: 104-112.
Abstract:
The new genus Agnostopelma Pérez-Miles & Weinmann is proposed for the type species Agnostopelma tota n. sp. and Agnostopelma
gardel n. sp. from Boyacá, Colombia. Agnostopelma build shelters under stones at high elevation. The new genus is unusual
in lacking tarsal scopulae on its posterior legs and in having few labial cuspules and short leg tarsi in females.
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