Biology:Bumba (spider)

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Short description: Genus of spiders


Bumba
Bumba horrida1.jpg
Bumba horrida in captivity
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Subfamily: Theraphosinae
Genus: Bumba
Pérez-Miles, Bonaldo & Miglio, 2014[1]
Type species
Bumba horrida
(Pérez-Miles, 2000)
Species

8, see text

Synonyms
  • Iracema Pérez-Miles, 2000
  • Pérez-Miles, 2005 Maraca

Bumba is a genus of tarantula native to the Americas. It is an uncommon genus, comprising eight known species, including one named after John Lennon.[2] Like most related species in the subfamily Theraphosinae, they may flick urticating hairs in response to threats.

Diagnosis

They can be distinguished by the type 5 urticating hairs, and the palpal bulb resting in a "ventral distal excavation" of the pedipalp's tibia. The metatarsus number 1 passes between two branches of the tibial apophysis when flexed and the presence of spine like hairs on the maxillae and coxae 1 through 4.[3]

Taxonomy

The genus was first described in 2000 by Fernando Pérez-Miles under the name Iracema; however this name was already in use for a genus of freshwater fish, so in 2005, Pérez-Miles proposed the replacement name Maraca. However, this too was already in use (for a species of cockroach) and in 2014 the replacement name Bumba was put forward by Pérez-Miles, Bonaldo & Miglio.[2]

Etymology

The genus name, Bumba, refers to Brazilian folk theater; in the Northern Brazilian region where the spiders are found, there is a festival called Boi-bumbá, or "beat my bull".[2]

Species

(As of July 2022), the World Spider Catalog accepted the following 8 species:[1]

  • Bumba cuiaba Lucas, Passanha & Brescovit, 2020 — Brazil
  • Bumba horrida (Schmidt, 1994) — Venezuela, Brazil
  • Bumba humilis (Vellard, 1924) — Brazil
  • Bumba lennoni Pérez-Miles, Bonaldo & Miglio, 2014 — Brazil
  • Bumba mineiros Lucas, Passanha & Brescovit, 2020 — Brazil, Paraguay
  • Bumba paunaka Ferretti, 2021 — Bolivia
  • Bumba rondonia Lucas, Passanha & Brescovit, 2020 — Brazil
  • Bumba tapajos Lucas, Passanha & Brescovit, 2020 — Brazil

In synonymy

Transferred to other genera

  • Bumba pulcherrimaklaasi (Schmidt, 1991)Cyclosternum pulcherrimaklaasi (Nomen dubium)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q21446512 entry