Kambiwa

Kambiwa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pholcidae
Genus: Kambiwa
Huber, 2000
Type species
K. neotropica
(Kraus, 1957)
Species

8 (see text)

Kambiwa is a genus of cellar spiders that are native only to Brazil.

Taxonomy

This genus was first described by B. A. Huber in 2000 with Kambiwa neotropica being the type species. As of June 2019 the genus contains eight described species. They are listed below:

  1. K. anomala Mello-Leitão, 1918
  2. K. brumado Huber et al. 2026
  3. K. coribe Huber et al. 2026
  4. K. ibo Huber et al. 2026
  5. K. itacarambi Huber et al. 2026
  6. K. maracas Huber et al. 2026
  7. K. neotropica Kraus, 1957 (type species)
  8. K. sapo Huber et al. 2026

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gen. Kambiwa Huber, 2000". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  2. 1 2 Huber, B. A. (2000). "New World pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae): A revision at generic level" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 254: 1–348. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2000)254<0001:NWPSAP>2.0.CO;2.
  3. ↑ Huber, Bernhard A.; Meng, Guanliang; Král, Jiří; Herrera, Ivalú M. Ávila; Carvalho, Leonardo S. (2026-05-14). "Ninetine spiders in Brazilian Caatinga and Cerrado: revision of Kambiwa and description of Sertana gen. nov. (Araneae, Pholcidae), with analyses of predicted range shifts due to climate change". European Journal of Taxonomy (1054): 1–126. doi:10.5852/ejt.2026.1054.3276. ISSN 2118-9773.