''Wamba'' 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
comb-footed spiders that was first described by
Octavius Pickard-Cambridge
Octavius Pickard-Cambridge Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (3 November 1828 – 9 March 1917) was an England, English clergyman and zoologist. He was a keen arachnologist who described and named more than 900 species of spider.
Life and wor ...
in 1896.
it contains three species, found in
the Americas
The Americas, which are sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North America, North and South America. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and comprise the New World. ...
, including the Caribbean: ''
W. congener'', ''
W. crispulus'', and ''
W. panamensis''.
See also
*
List of Theridiidae species
This page lists all described genera and species of the spider family Theridiidae. , the World Spider Catalog accepts 3028 species in 124 genera:
A ''Achaearanea''
''Achaearanea'' Strand, 1929
* ''Achaearanea alboinsignita'' Locket, 1980 — ...
References
Araneomorphae genera
Taxa named by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge
Theridiidae
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