Genus: Heterophrynus Pocock, 1894 | Family: Phrynidae Blanchard, 1852 | Order: Amblypygi Thorell, 1883

Heterophrynus boterorum Giupponi and Kury, 2013

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Heterophrynus boterorum

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:2ea081c9-9a40-4e42-bff6-7f5230ef59d7

Taxonomic references

Heterophrynus boterorum Giupponi and Kury:

Giupponi and Kury, 2013: 333–334, figs. 2b, 4a–d, 5a–f, 6a–d original description
Joya, Vazquez-Palacios and Cuadrado-Ríos, 2025: 74, Fig. 1, Map

Distribution
Distribution table

Realm: South America

Colombia
Type locality: Ibague, Tolima, Colombia.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Ibague 4.433333 -75.216666
Type repository
  • Holotype Instituto de Ciencias Naturales (ICN) of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia Male
  • Paratype Instituto de Ciencias Naturales (ICN) of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia 1 male; same locality as holotype
  • Paratype Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (MNRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1 female, 1 male, (MNRJ 09124); same locality as holotype
References

Giupponi, A.P. de L. & Kury, A.B. (2013). Two new species of Heterophrynus Pocock, 1894 from Colombia with distribution notes and a new synonymy (Arachnida: Amblypygi: Phrynidae). Zootaxa 3647: 329–342. ZooBank: 43984C9D-C80D-4D1C-9737-4CB8879640C9 doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3647.2.5 -- Show included taxa

Joya, D.C., Vazquez-Palacios, S. & Cuadrado-Ríos, S. (2025). Exploring the evolutionary path of male genitalia in the genus Heterophrynus (Arachnida: Amblypygi) from the Colombian Andes: a new endemic species revealed. Acta Arachnologica 74: 71-84. doi: 10.2476/asjaa.74.71 -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2026-09-01 New taxonomic reference entry Joya, Vazquez-Palacios and Cuadrado-Ríos, 2025
2024-05-14 Species updated Old value
2024-03-26 Species updated Old value
2024-03-25 Taxonomic reference update Giupponi and Kury, 2013
2024-03-25 Taxonomic reference update
2024-03-25 Species updated Old value