Canaima
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pholcidae
Genus: Canaima
Huber, 2000
Type species
C. arima
(Gertsch, 1982)
Species

8, see text

Canaima is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by B. A. Huber in 2000.[1]

Species

As of September 2022 it contains eight species, found in Venezuela and Trinidad:[2]

  • Canaima arima (Gertsch, 1982) (type) – Trinidad
  • Canaima avila Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
  • Canaima guaquira Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
  • Canaima guaraque Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
  • Canaima loca Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
  • Canaima merida Huber, 2000 – Venezuela
  • Canaima perlonga Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
  • Canaima zerpa Huber, 2020 – Venezuela

See also

References

  1. Huber, B. A. (2000). "New World pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae): A revision at generic level" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 254: 1–348.
  2. "Gen. Canaima Huber, 2000". World Spider Catalog Version 23.5. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
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