''Uaiuara'' is a

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of huntsman spiders that was first described by C. Rheims in 2013.

Species

it contains seven species, found in South America and

Panama Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and ...

: *'' Uaiuara amazonica'' (Simon, 1880) (

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) – Northern South America *'' Uaiuara barroana'' (

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, 1925) –

*'' Uaiuara dianae'' Rheims, 2013 –

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

*'' Uaiuara jirau'' Rheims, 2013 –

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

*'' Uaiuara ope'' Rheims, 2013 – Peru, Brazil *'' Uaiuara palenque'' Rheims, 2013 –

Ecuador Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Province which contain ...

*'' Uaiuara quyguaba'' Rheims, 2013 – Brazil

References

Araneomorphae genera Sparassidae Spiders of Central America Spiders of South America {{Sparassidae-stub

Species

See also

References