''Cymbiapophysa'' is a genus of spiders in the family

Theraphosidae Tarantulas comprise a group of large and often hairy spiders of the family Theraphosidae. , 1,040 species have been identified, with 156 genera. The term "tarantula" is usually used to describe members of the family Theraphosidae, although m ...

, first described by Pocock, in 1903, as of 2022 it contains 4 species. The tarantulas of this genus inhabit

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. Males of this genus can be distinguished by the presence of a distal retrolateral apophysis on the cymbium of the male

pedipalp Pedipalps (commonly shortened to palps or palpi) are the second pair of appendages of chelicerates – a group of arthropods including spiders, scorpions, horseshoe crabs, and sea spiders. The pedipalps are lateral to the chelicerae ("jaws") and ...

. And females can be distinguished with twin

spermathecae The spermatheca (pronounced plural: spermathecae ), also called receptaculum seminis (plural: receptacula seminis), is an organ of the female reproductive tract in insects, e.g. ants, bees, some molluscs, oligochaeta worms and certain other in ...

, by the

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and the short and squat receptacles.

Distribution

This

tarantula Tarantulas comprise a group of large and often hairy spiders of the family Theraphosidae. , 1,040 species have been identified, with 156 genera. The term "tarantula" is usually used to describe members of the family Theraphosidae, although ...

is found throughout

, in

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

and

Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal , national_motto = "Fi ...

, this

tarantulas Tarantulas comprise a group of large and often hairy spiders of the family Theraphosidae. , 1,040 species have been identified, with 156 genera. The term "tarantula" is usually used to describe members of the family Theraphosidae, although m ...

are found near the shores facing the

Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...

. Their habitat is partly in the Choco Darien Moist Forest and partially the Western Ecuador Moist Forests.

Species

* '' Cymbiapophysa velox'' Pocock, 1903 - Ecuador * '' Cymbiapophysa yimana'' Gabriel & Sherwood, 2020 - Peru and Ecuador * ''

Cymbiapophysa marimbai ''Cymbiapophysa marimbai'' is a tarantula in the genus '' Cymbiapophysa'', first described in 2018. This tarantula is found in Colombia, in the ''Reserva Natural Biotopo Selva Humeda''. Description The cephalothorax and legs brown with black h ...

'' Perafán & Valencia-Cuéllar, 2018 - Colombia * '' Cymbiapophysa magna'' Sherwood, Gabriel, Brescovit & Lucas, 2021 - Colombia

References

Theraphosidae Spiders described in 1903 Theraphosidae genera {{Theraphosidae-stub