Guyruita

Guyruita is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described by J. P. L. Guadanucci in 2007.^[2]

Guyruita
Guyruita cerrado
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Theraphosidae
Genus:	Guyruita Guadanucci, Lucas, Indicatti & Yamamoto, 2007[1]
Type species
G. cerrado Guadanucci, Lucas, Indicatti & Yamamoto, 2007
Species
6, see text

Species

As of March 2020^[update] it contains six species, found in Venezuela and Brazil:^[1]

• Guyruita atlantica Guadanucci, Lucas, Indicatti & Yamamoto, 2007 – Brazil
• Guyruita cerrado Guadanucci, Lucas, Indicatti & Yamamoto, 2007 (type) – Brazil
• Guyruita giupponii Fukushima & Bertani, 2018 – Brazil
• Guyruita isae Fukushima & Bertani, 2018 – Brazil
• Guyruita metallophila Fonseca-Ferreira, Zampaulo & Guadanucci, 2017 – Brazil
• Guyruita waikoshiemi (Bertani & Araújo, 2006) – Venezuela, Brazil

See also

• List of Theraphosidae species