Bunyoronius

Bunyoronius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Corinnidae
Genus: Bunyoronius
Bonaldo, Ramírez & Haddad, 2022
Species:
B. femoralis
Binomial name
Bunyoronius femoralis
Bonaldo, Ramírez & Haddad, 2022

Bunyoronius is a monotypic genus of spiders in the family Corinnidae containing the single species, Bunyoronius femoralis.

Distribution

Bunyoronius femoralis has been recorded from the Central African Republic, Uganda, and Rwanda.

Etymology

The genus name is "a contraction of the words Bunyoro and [related genus] Carteronius, honoring the Bunyoro people, a pre-colonial Kingdom on the territory of modern Uganda, including the Budongo Forest, type locality of the type species."

The specific name highlights the large male palpal apical retrolateral femoral apophysis.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bonaldo, A. B.; Bosselaers, J. (2022). "Switching identities: a revision of the Afrotropical spider genus Carteronius Simon, 1897 (Araneae, Corinnidae), senior synonym of Mandaneta Strand, 1932, with a new genus of the Pronophaea group". Zootaxa. 5205 (4): 343–373. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5205.4.3. PMID 37045427.
  2. 1 2 3 "Gen. Bunyoronius Bonaldo, Ramírez & Haddad, 2022". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 26 October 2025.