Bumba (spider)

Bumba is a genus of tarantula native to the Americas. It is an uncommon genus, comprising eight known species, including one named after John Lennon.^[2] Like most related species in the subfamily Theraphosinae, they may flick urticating hairs in response to threats.

Bumba
Bumba horrida in captivity
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Theraphosidae
Subfamily:	Theraphosinae
Genus:	Bumba Pérez-Miles, Bonaldo & Miglio, 2014[1]
Type species
Bumba horrida (Pérez-Miles, 2000)
Species
8, see text
Synonyms
Iracema Pérez-Miles, 2000 Maraca Pérez-Miles, 2005

Diagnosis

They can be distinguished by the type 5 urticating hairs, and the palpal bulb resting in a "ventral distal excavation" of the pedipalp's tibia. The metatarsus number 1 passes between two branches of the tibial apophysis when flexed and the presence of spine like hairs on the maxillae and coxae 1 through 4.^[3]

Taxonomy

The genus was first described in 2000 by Fernando Pérez-Miles under the name Iracema; however this name was already in use for a genus of freshwater fish, so in 2005, Pérez-Miles proposed the replacement name Maraca. However, this too was already in use (for a species of cockroach) and in 2014 the replacement name Bumba was put forward by Pérez-Miles, Bonaldo & Miglio.^[2]

Etymology

The genus name, Bumba, refers to Brazilian folk theater; in the Northern Brazilian region where the spiders are found, there is a festival called Boi-bumbá, or "beat my bull".^[2]

Species

As of July 2022^[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted the following 8 species:^[1]

• Bumba cuiaba Lucas, Passanha & Brescovit, 2020 — Brazil
• Bumba horrida (Schmidt, 1994) — Venezuela, Brazil
• Bumba humilis (Vellard, 1924) — Brazil
• Bumba lennoni Pérez-Miles, Bonaldo & Miglio, 2014 — Brazil
• Bumba mineiros Lucas, Passanha & Brescovit, 2020 — Brazil, Paraguay
• Bumba paunaka Ferretti, 2021 — Bolivia
• Bumba rondonia Lucas, Passanha & Brescovit, 2020 — Brazil
• Bumba tapajos Lucas, Passanha & Brescovit, 2020 — Brazil

In synonymy

• Bumba cabocla (Pérez-Miles, 2000) = Bumba horrida

Transferred to other genera

• Bumba pulcherrimaklaasi (Schmidt, 1991) → Cyclosternum pulcherrimaklaasi (Nomen dubium)