Caayguara

Caayguara
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Sparassidae
Genus:	Caayguara ; Rheims, 2010
Type species
	C. album ; (Mello-Leitão, 1918)
Species
	12, see text

Last updated January 26, 2026

Caayguara is a genus of Brazilian huntsman spiders that was first described by C. A. Rheims in 2010.^[2]

Species

As of September 2019^[update] it contains twelve species, found in Brazil:^[1]

Caayguara ajuba Rheims, 2010 – Brazil
Caayguara album (Mello-Leitão, 1918) (type) – Brazil
Caayguara apiaba Rheims, 2010 – Brazil
Caayguara atyaia Rheims, 2010 – Brazil
Caayguara catuoca Rheims, 2010 – Brazil
Caayguara cupepemassu Rheims, 2010 – Brazil
Caayguara cupepemayri Rheims, 2010 – Brazil
Caayguara itajucamussi Rheims, 2010 – Brazil
Caayguara juati Rheims, 2010 – Brazil
Caayguara pinda Rheims, 2010 – Brazil
Caayguara poi Rheims, 2010 – Brazil
Caayguara ybityriguara Rheims, 2010 – Brazil

References

1 2 "Gen. Caayguara Rheims, 2010". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-10-13.
↑ Rheims, C. A. (2010). "Caayguara, a new genus of huntsman spiders from the Brazilian Atlantic forest (Araneae: Sparassidae)". Zootaxa. 2630: 1–29. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2630.1.1.

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[wsc-1] 1 2 "Gen. Caayguara Rheims, 2010". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-10-13.

[Rhei2010-2] Rheims, C. A. (2010). "Caayguara, a new genus of huntsman spiders from the Brazilian Atlantic forest (Araneae: Sparassidae)". Zootaxa. 2630: 1–29. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2630.1.1.

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