Pomboa Explained

Pomboa is a genus of Colombian cellar spiders that was first described by B. A. Huber in 2000, and named in honour of Colombian poet Rafael Pombo.^[1]

Species

it contains four species, found only in Colombia:^[2]

• Pomboa cali Huber, 2000 – Colombia
• Pomboa pallida Huber, 2000 – Colombia
• Pomboa quimbaya Valdez-Mondragón, 2012 – Colombia
• Pomboa quindio Huber, 2000 (type) – Colombia

See also

• List of Pholcidae species
• List of organisms named after famous people (born 1800–1899)

Notes and References

1. Huber. B. A.. 2000. New World pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae): A revision at generic level. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 1–348. 254. 10.1206/0003-0090(2000)254<0001:NWPSAP>2.0.CO;2.
2. Gen. Pomboa Huber, 2000. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-04. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.