Ami, a new Theraphosid genus from Central and South America, with the description of six new species (Araneae: Mygalomorphae) Author Pérez-Miles, Fernando Author Gabriel, Ray Author Miglio, Laura Author Bonaldo, Alexandre Author Gallon, Richard Author Jimenez, Juan Jacobo Author Bertani, Rogerio text Zootaxa 2008 1915 54 68 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.184591 f6d6ed81-aca3-4533-912b-06dd2e7333c8 1175-5326 184591 Ami obscura ( Ausserer 1875 ) new combination Ischnocolus obscurus Ausserer 1875 : 171 . Eurypelma obscurum : Roewer 1942: 240 . Avicularia obscura : Platnick 2007 . Type : Lectotype male from Bogotá, Colombia , (Keyserling collection, BMNH 1890–7–1 –340), examined. Ausserer (1875) described a male and female but did not designate a holotype ; the female has not been located. Diagnosis: Male differs from those of other species by the reduced retrolateral keels on the palpal organ ( Figs 19–20 ). Related with A. bladesi and the clade A. yupanqui +, in an unresolved polytomy (see Cladistics). Remarks: This species shares the characters considered generic apomorphies; two retrolateral processes on male palpal tibia ( Fig. 1 ), modified Type I urticating hairs, and the morphology of male palpal organ with two prolateral keels. For these reasons it is included in the genus Ami . One of us (R.B.) found a female in the collection of BMNH (1890.278) labelled: “called Ischnocolus obscurus by Ausserer, 1875 ”. It was an adult (with developed ovules) but unfortunately lacking spermathecae.