Carlos Perafán

Carlos Perafán, Uruguayan arachnologist.

Sección Entomología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de La República, Iguá 4225, Montevideo, Uruguay.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Perafán, C. & Pérez-Miles, F. 2014a: The Andean tarantulas Euathlus Ausserer, 1875, Paraphysa Simon, 1892 and Phrixotrichus Simon, 1889 (Araneae: Theraphosidae): phylogenetic analysis, genera redefinition and new species descriptions. Journal of natural history 48(39-40): 2389-2418. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2014.902142 Reference page.

Perafán, C., Cifuentes, Y. & Estrada-Gomez, S. 2015. Aguapanela, a new tarantula genus from the Colombian Andes (Araneae, Theraphosidae). Zootaxa 4033(4): 529–542. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4033.4.4. Preview (PDF) Reference page.

Cifuentes, Y., Estrada-Gomez, S., Vargas-Muñoz, L.J. & Perafán, C. 2016. Description and molecular characterization of a new species of tarantula, Pamphobeteus verdolaga, from Colombia (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae). Zoologia 33(6): e20160113. Reference page.
Perafán, C., Galvis, W., Gutiérrez-Estrada, M.A. & Pérez-Miles, F. 2016. Kankuamo, a new theraphosid genus from Colombia (Araneae, Mygalomorphae), with a new type of urticating setae and divergent male genitalia. ZooKeys 601: 89–109. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.601.7704. Reference page.

Guadanucci, J.P.L., Perafán, C. & Valencia-Cuéllar, D. 2017. The genus Holothele Karsch, 1879: the identity of the type species (Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae). Zoosystema 39(2): 263-271. DOI: 10.5252/z2017n2a5. . Reference page.

Perafán & Valencia-Cuéllar 2018. Proshapalopus marimbai, a new tarantula species (Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae) and first genus record from Colombia. Tropical Zoology 31(4): 200-213. DOI: 10.1080/03946975.2018.1493181. Reference page.

Perafán, C., Galvis, W. & Pérez-Miles, F. 2019. The first Paratropididae (Araneae, Mygalomorphae) from Colombia: new genus, species and records. ZooKeys 830: 1–31. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.830.31433. Reference page.
Valencia-Cuéllar D., Perafán, C., Guerrero, R.J. & Guadanucci, J.P.L. 2019. Schismatothelinae spiders (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae) from Colombia: four new species and an approach to their diversity. Zootaxa 4545(4): 548–562. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4545.4.6. Reference page.

Echeverri, M., Torres, S.G., Pinel, N. & Perafán, C. 2023. Four new species of mygalomorph spiders (Araneae, Halonoproctidae and Theraphosidae) from the Colombian Pacific region (Bahía Solano, Chocó). Zookeys 1166ː 49–90. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1166.101069 Reference page.

Miglio, L.T., Perafán, C. & Pérez-Miles, F. 2024. Jambu, a new genus of tarantula from Brazil (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Theraphosinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 930: 229–248. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.930.2497. . Reference page.