Biology:Wamba (spider)

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Wamba
Wamba crispulus 1.jpg
W. crispulus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Wamba
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896[1]
Type species
W. congener
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896
Species
Synonyms[1]
  • Allodipoena Bryant, 1947 (removed from S of Theridion Walckenaer, 1805)[2]
  • Chindellum Archer, 1950 (removed from S of Theridion Walckenaer, 1805)[2]

Wamba is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1896.[3] (As of September 2019) it contains three species, found in the Americas, including the Caribbean: W. congener, W. crispulus, and W. panamensis.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gen. Wamba O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3556. Retrieved 2019-10-27. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Wunderlich, J. (1995). "Revision und Neubeschreibung einiger Gattungen der Familie Theridiidae aus der Nearktis und Neotropis (Arachnida: Araneae)". Beiträge zur Araneologie 4 (1994): 611. 
  3. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1896), "Arachnida. Araneida", Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology 

Wikidata ☰ Q3565979 entry