Uaiuara is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by C. Rheims in 2013.[2]
| Uaiuara | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Sparassidae |
| Genus: | Uaiuara Rheims, 2013[1] |
| Type species | |
| U. amazonica (Simon, 1880)
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| Species | |
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Species edit
As of September 2019[update] it contains seven species, found in South America and Panama:[1]
- Uaiuara amazonica (Simon, 1880) (type) – Northern South America
- Uaiuara barroana (Chamberlin, 1925) – Panama
- Uaiuara dianae Rheims, 2013 – Peru
- Uaiuara jirau Rheims, 2013 – Brazil
- Uaiuara ope Rheims, 2013 – Peru, Brazil
- Uaiuara palenque Rheims, 2013 – Ecuador
- Uaiuara quyguaba Rheims, 2013 – Brazil
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Uaiuara Rheims, 2013". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
- ^ Rheims, C. (2013). "A new genus of huntsman spiders (Araneae, Sparassidae, Sparianthinae) from the Neotropical region". Zootaxa. 3734 (2): 199–220. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3734.2.6. PMID 25277907.