Yanomamius

Yanomamius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Yanomamius
Bertani & Almeida, 2021[1]
Type species
Y. franciscoi
Bertani & Almeida, 2021
Species

4, see text

Yanomamius is a genus of South American tarantulas first erected by Rogério Bertani and M. Q. Almeida in 2021 for two newly discovered species and one previously described species from Brazil.[2] In one of Bertani's prior studies, he investigated a tarantula collected by the Yanomami as a source of food. Based on the limited material available for study (two adult females and one immature spider) the species was placed into Holothele.[3] The next year, it was moved to newly erected genus Guyruita due, in part, to the multi-lobed shape of its spermathecae.[4] When the first male was found and described, the diagnostic characteristics didn't match that of Holothele or Guyruita, so a new genus was erected for Y. waikoshiemi and three other closely related species.[2]

Species

As of April 2022 it contains four species:[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Yanomamius Bertani & Almeida, 2021". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  2. ^ a b Bertani, R.; Almeida, M. Q. (2021). "Yanomamius n. gen., a new genus of tarantula from Brazilian and Venezuelan Amazon (Araneae, Theraphosidae), with description of three new species". Zootaxa. 4933 (3): 324–340. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4933.3.2. PMID 33756785. S2CID 232340444.
  3. ^ Bertani, R.; Araújo, Y. (2006). "A new species of Holothele Karsch, 1879 (Theraphosidae, Ischnocolinae) from Venezuela". Revista Ibérica de Aracnología. 12: 13–16.
  4. ^ Guadanucci, J. P. L.; Lucas, S. M.; Indicatti, R. P.; 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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