Uaiuara Explained

Uaiuara is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by C. Rheims in 2013.^[1]

Species

it contains seven species, found in South America and Panama:^[2]

• 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

• List of Sparassidae species

Notes and References

1. Rheims. C.. 2013. A new genus of huntsman spiders (Araneae, Sparassidae, Sparianthinae) from the Neotropical region. Zootaxa. 199–220. 3734. 2. 10.11646/zootaxa.3734.2.6. 25277907.
2. Gen. Uaiuara Rheims, 2013. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-10-13. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.