Catanduba
Catanduba is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described by F. U. Yamamoto, S. M. Lucas & Antônio Domingos Brescovit in 2012.[2]
| Catanduba | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Catanduba Yamamoto, Lucas & Brescovit, 2012[1] |
| Type species | |
| C. tuskae Yamamoto, Lucas & Brescovit, 2012 | |
| Species | |
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7, see text | |
Species
As of December 2019 it contains seven species, all found in Brazil:[1]
- Catanduba araguaia Yamamoto, Lucas & Brescovit, 2012 – Brazil
- Catanduba canabrava Yamamoto, Lucas & Brescovit, 2012 – Brazil
- Catanduba flavohirta (Simon, 1889) – Brazil
- Catanduba peruacu Yamamoto, Lucas & Brescovit, 2012 – Brazil
- Catanduba piauiensis Yamamoto, Lucas & Brescovit, 2012 – Brazil
- Catanduba simoni (Soares & Camargo, 1948) – Brazil
- Catanduba tuskae Yamamoto, Lucas & Brescovit, 2012 (type) – Brazil
See also
References
- "Gen. Catanduba Yamamoto, Lucas & Brescovit, 2012". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
- Yamamoto, F. U.; Lucas, S. M.; Brescovit, A. D. (2012). "Catanduba, a new Theraphosinae spider genus from central Brazil (Araneae, Theraphosidae)". Zootaxa. 3172: 1–19.
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