Catanduba

Catanduba
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Theraphosidae
Genus:	Catanduba Yamamoto, Lucas & Brescovit, 2012[1]
Type species
C. tuskae Yamamoto, Lucas & Brescovit, 2012
Species
7, see text

Catanduba is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described by F. U. Yamamoto, S. M. Lucas & Antônio Domingos Brescovit in 2012.[2]

Species

As of December 2019^[update] it contains seven species, all found in Brazil:[1]

• Catanduba araguaia Yamamoto, Lucas & Brescovit, 2012 – Brazil
• Catanduba canabrava Yamamoto, Lucas & Brescovit, 2012 – Brazil
• Catanduba flavohirta (Simon, 1889) – Brazil
• Catanduba peruacu Yamamoto, Lucas & Brescovit, 2012 – Brazil
• Catanduba piauiensis Yamamoto, Lucas & Brescovit, 2012 – Brazil
• Catanduba simoni (Soares & Camargo, 1948) – Brazil
• Catanduba tuskae Yamamoto, Lucas & Brescovit, 2012 (type) – Brazil

See also

• List of Theraphosidae species

References

1. "Gen. Catanduba Yamamoto, Lucas & Brescovit, 2012". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
2. Yamamoto, F. U.; Lucas, S. M.; Brescovit, A. D. (2012). "Catanduba, a new Theraphosinae spider genus from central Brazil (Araneae, Theraphosidae)". Zootaxa. 3172: 1–19. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3172.1.1.