Caayguara

Caayguara is a genus of Brazilian huntsman spiders that was first described by C. A. Rheims in 2010.[2]

Caayguara
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Sparassidae
Genus: Caayguara
Rheims, 2010[1]
Type species
C. album
Species

12, see text

Species

As of September 2019 it contains twelve species, found in Brazil:[1]

  • Caayguara ajuba Rheims, 2010Brazil
  • Caayguara album (Mello-Leitão, 1918) (type) – Brazil
  • Caayguara apiaba Rheims, 2010 – Brazil
  • Caayguara atyaia Rheims, 2010 – Brazil
  • Caayguara catuoca Rheims, 2010 – Brazil
  • Caayguara cupepemassu Rheims, 2010 – Brazil
  • Caayguara cupepemayri Rheims, 2010 – Brazil
  • Caayguara itajucamussi Rheims, 2010 – Brazil
  • Caayguara juati Rheims, 2010 – Brazil
  • Caayguara pinda Rheims, 2010 – Brazil
  • Caayguara poi Rheims, 2010 – Brazil
  • Caayguara ybityriguara Rheims, 2010 – Brazil

See also

References

  1. "Gen. Caayguara Rheims, 2010". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
  2. Rheims, C. A. (2010). "Caayguara, a new genus of huntsman spiders from the Brazilian Atlantic forest (Araneae: Sparassidae)". Zootaxa. 2630: 1–29.


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