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Genus of tarantulas

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
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. 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. The next year, it was moved to newly erected genus Guyruita due, in part, to the multi-lobed shape of its spermathecae. 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.

Species

As of April 2022 it contains four species:

See also

References

  1. ^ "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. ^ 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.

Further reading

Taxon identifiers
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