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Yanomamius
Genus of tarantulas From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.[2] 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.[3] The next year, it was moved to newly erected genus Guyruita due, in part, to the multi-lobed shape of its spermathecae.[4] 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.[2]
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Species
As of April 2022[update] it contains four species:[1]
- Y. franciscoi Bertani & Almeida, 2021 (type) – Brazil
- Y. neblina Bertani & Almeida, 2021 – Brazil
- Y. raonii Bertani & Almeida, 2021 – Brazil
- Y. waikoshiemi (Bertani & Araújo, 2006) – Venezuela
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