''Amazoromus'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...
n
ground spiders that was first described by
Antônio Brescovit
Antônio Domingos Brescovit (born 1959) is a Brazilian arachnologist. His first name, Antônio (the spelling used in Brazil) may also be spelt António (the spelling used in Portugal). He develops academic activities at the 'arthropodae laboratori ...
& H. Höfer in 1994.
Species
it contains four species, all found in
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
:
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Amazoromus becki''
Brescovit & Höfer, 1994 – Brazil
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Amazoromus cristus
''Amazoromus'' is a genus of South American ground spiders that was first described by Antônio Brescovit & H. Höfer in 1994.
Species
it contains four species, all found in Brazil:
*'' Amazoromus becki'' Brescovit & Höfer, 1994 – Brazil
*' ...
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( Platnick & Höfer, 1990) – Brazil
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Amazoromus janauari
''Amazoromus'' is a genus of South American ground spiders that was first described by Antônio Brescovit & H. Höfer in 1994.
Species
it contains four species, all found in Brazil:
*'' Amazoromus becki'' Brescovit & Höfer, 1994 – Brazil
*' ...
''
Brescovit & Höfer, 1994 – Brazil
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Amazoromus kedus
''Amazoromus'' is a genus of South American ground spiders that was first described by Antônio Brescovit & H. Höfer in 1994.
Species
it contains four species, all found in Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Repub ...
''
Brescovit & Höfer, 1994 (
type) – Brazil
References
Araneomorphae genera
Gnaphosidae
Spiders of Brazil
Taxa named by Antônio Brescovit
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