Curicaberis is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by C. A. Rheims in 2015.[2] Species of this genus are found in North and Central America.

Curicaberis
C. peninsulanus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Sparassidae
Genus: Curicaberis
Rheims, 2015[1]
Type species
C. ferrugineus
(C. L. Koch, 1836)
Species

32, see text

Species

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As of October 2019 it contains thirty-two species, found in Central America, Mexico, the United States, and Brazil:[1]

In synonymy:

  • C. albinus (Fox, 1937, T from Olios) = Curicaberis abnormis (Keyserling, 1884)
  • C. naturalisticus (Chamberlin, 1924, T from Olios) = Curicaberis abnormis (Keyserling, 1884)
  • C. positivus (Chamberlin, 1924, T from Olios) = Curicaberis peninsulanus (Banks, 1898)
  • C. scepticus (Chamberlin, 1924, T from Olios) = Curicaberis peninsulanus (Banks, 1898)
  • C. schistus (Chamberlin, 1919, T from Olios) = Curicaberis peninsulanus (Banks, 1898)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Curicaberis Rheims, 2015". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-11-08.
  2. ^ Rheims, C. A. (2015). "Curicaberis, a new genus of Sparassidae from North and Central America (Araneae, Sparassidae, Sparassinae)". Zootaxa. 4012 (3): 401–446. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4012.3.1. PMID 26623867.