Guyruita

Guyruita is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described by J. P. L. Guadanucci in 2007.[2]

Guyruita
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Guyruita
Guadanucci, Lucas, Indicatti & Yamamoto, 2007[1]
Type species
G. cerrado
Guadanucci, Lucas, Indicatti & Yamamoto, 2007
Species

6, see text

Species

As of March 2020 it contains six species, found in Venezuela and Brazil:[1]

  • Guyruita atlantica Guadanucci, Lucas, Indicatti & Yamamoto, 2007Brazil
  • Guyruita cerrado Guadanucci, Lucas, Indicatti & Yamamoto, 2007 (type) – Brazil
  • Guyruita giupponii Fukushima & Bertani, 2018 – Brazil
  • Guyruita isae Fukushima & Bertani, 2018 – Brazil
  • Guyruita metallophila Fonseca-Ferreira, Zampaulo & Guadanucci, 2017 – Brazil
  • Guyruita waikoshiemi (Bertani & Araújo, 2006)Venezuela, Brazil

See also

References

  1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2020). "Gen. Guyruita Guadanucci, Lucas, Indicatti & Yamamoto, 2007". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
  2. Guadanucci, J. P. L.; et al. (2007). "Description of Guyruita gen. nov. and two new species (Ischnocolinae, Theraphosidae)". Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 24 (4): 991–996. doi:10.1590/S0101-81752007000400015.


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