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Yanomamius
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Yanomamius

Yanomamius is a genus of South American tarantulas first erected by Rogério Bertani and M. Q. Almeida in 2021 for two newly discovered species and one previously described species from Brazil. In one of Bertani's prior studies, he investigated a tarantula collected by the Yanomami as a source of food. Based on the limited material available for study (two adult females and one immature spider) the species was placed into Holothele. The next year, it was...

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Yanomamius raonii

speciesYanomamius raonii

Yanomamius franciscoi

speciesYanomamius franciscoi

Yanomamius neblina

speciesYanomamius neblina

Yanomamius waikoshiemi

speciesYanomamius waikoshiemi

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1200848.