Spiders of South America

Avicularia is a genus of the family Theraphosidae containing various species of arboreal tarantulas. The genus is native to Panama, the Caribbean, and tropical South America. Each species in the genus has very distinguishable pink foot pads.

Missulena is a genus of mygalomorph spiders in the family Actinopodidae. It was first described by Charles Walckenaer in 1805, and is a senior synonym of Eriodon. M. tussulena is found in Chile, but the rest are indigenous to Australia. They are sometimes referred to as "mouse spiders" from the now-disproven belief that they dig deep burrows similar to those of mice. Scotophaeus blackwalli is also called a "mouse spider", but it is smaller and not closely related.

Brachypelma is a genus of spiders in the family Theraphosidae (tarantulas). They may have bodies up to long with legs of similar or greater lengths. Some species have brightly colored legs, with red or orange marks and rings.

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species of arachnid

Theraphosa is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1805. The Theraphosa spiders are some of the largest known to science. it contains three species, found in Guyana, Brazil, Venezuela, and Colombia. They stridulate by rubbing setae on their pedipalps and legs.

family of arachnids

family of arachnids

genus of arachnids

Austrochilidae is a small spider family with nine species in two genera. Austrochilus and Thaida are endemic to the Andean forest of central and southern Chile and adjacent Argentina.

Marpissa is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1846.

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type of spider

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species of spider native to the Americas

Peucetia is a genus of lynx spiders that is found worldwide.

Grammostola is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described in text by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892. These medium- to large-sized spiders are native to tropical South America, and are usually brown in color, with pinkish or orangish-red hairs. The very docile Chilean rose tarantula (Grammostola rosea) is popular as a beginner's spider among tarantula enthusiasts.

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Actinopus is a genus of mygalomorph spiders in the family Actinopodidae. As such, they live in soil-covered burrows with a hinged top. The males wander about in search for females, which stay in their burrow for most of their life.

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species of arachnid

species of arachnid

genus of arachnids

genus of arachnids

Encolpius is a genus of South American jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1900. it contains only three species, found only in Argentina, Venezuela, and Brazil: E. albobarbatus, E. fimbriatus, and E. guaraniticus.

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species of arachnid

Ochyrocera is a genus of midget ground weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892.

species of arachnid

species of arachnid

thumb|C. getazi with female katydid prey (Tettigoniidae sp.), Panama Cupiennius, known by the common name bromeliad spiders or as the often confused name banana spiders, is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Trechaleidae, named by Eugène Simon in 1891. They are found from Mexico to northwestern South America, and on some Caribbean islands. Unlike the dangerously venomous Phoneutria, bites from these spiders typically have only minor effects on humans, and have been compared to a bee sting.

Labicymbium is a genus of South American dwarf spiders that was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge in 1991.

Nesticus is a genus of American and Eurasian scaffold web spiders first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1869.

Neomaso is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1970.

Aphirape is a genus of South American jumping spiders that was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1850.

Ephebopus is a genus of northeastern South American tarantulas that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892. Its relation to other tarantulas is one of the most uncertain in the family, and it has been frequently moved around and has been placed in each of the eight subfamilies at least once.

Acacesia is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895. It contains six species with a mostly neotropical distribution, ranging from South America to Mexico. One species, A. hamata, is found in the US as well.

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Kapogea is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1997.

Thwaitesia is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1881. The genus is named after George Henry Kendrick Thwaites.

Bellota is also a homonym of the plant genus Beilschmiedia.

genus of arachnids

species of arachnid

Floronia is a genus of spiders in the family Linyphiidae first described by Eugène Simon in 1887.

Nasoona is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by G. H. Locket in 1982.

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Nhandu is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described by S. Lucas in 1983. Brazilopelma was synonymized with it in 2001.

Wallaba is a monotypic genus of Guyanese jumping spiders containing the single species, Wallaba metallica. It was first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1940, and is found in Guyana. It was synonymized with Sidusa in 2015, but was revalidated by Jerzy Prószyński in 2017.

Rhene is a spider genus of the family Salticidae (jumping spiders) whose species mostly live in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide.

genus of arachnids

Psalmopoeus is a genus of the family Theraphosidae containing various species of tarantulas. The genus is native to South America, Central America, Trinidad and Tobago, and Mexico.

genus of arachnids

genus of spiders

Carrhotus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1891. The name is derived from the Greek Κάῤῥωτος.

Hisukattus is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders).

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Acanthoscurria is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871. They are found throughout South America including the countries of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela, plus into the Windward Islands West Indies, .

Frespera is a genus of Venezuelan jumping spiders that was first described by A. Braul & A. A. Lise in 2002. it contains only two species, found only in Venezuela: F. carinata and F. meridionalis.

Cotinusa is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1900.