Canaima (spider)

Canaima is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by B. A. Huber in 2000.[2] As of June 2019 it contains only two species, found only in Venezuela and on Trinidad: C. arima and C. merida.[1]

Canaima
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pholcidae
Genus: Canaima
Huber, 2000[1]
Type species
C. arima
(Gertsch, 1982)
Species
  • C. arima (Gertsch, 1982) – Trinidad
  • C. merida Huber, 2000 – Venezuela

See also

References
  1. "Gen. Canaima Huber, 2000". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  2. Huber, B. A. (2000). "New World pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae): A revision at generic level". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 254: 1–348.


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