Canaima (spider)

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

Canaima
Scientific 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

Species

As of September 2022^[update] 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

• List of Pholcidae species