Wamba is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1896.[3] As of September 2019 it contains three species, found in the Americas, including the Caribbean: W. congener, W. crispulus, and W. panamensis.[1]

Wamba
W. crispulus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Wamba
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896[1]
Type species
W. congener
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896
Species
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Allodipoena Bryant, 1947
  • Chindellum Archer, 1950

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Wamba O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  2. ^ Wunderlich, J. (1995). "Revision und Neubeschreibung einiger Gattungen der Familie Theridiidae aus der Nearktis und Neotropis (Arachnida: Araneae)". Beiträge zur Araneologie. 4 (1994): 611.
  3. ^ Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1896), "Arachnida. Araneida", Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology