''Yanomamius'' is a

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of South American

tarantula Tarantulas comprise a group of large and often hairy spiders of the family Theraphosidae. , 1,040 species have been identified, with 156 genera. The term "tarantula" is usually used to describe members of the family Theraphosidae, although ...

s 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 The Yanomami, also spelled Yąnomamö or Yanomama, are a group of approximately 35,000 indigenous people who live in some 200–250 villages in the Amazon rainforest on the border between Venezuela and Brazil. Etymology The ethnonym ''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 ''Holothele'' is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1879. Originally placed with the curtain-web spiders, it was transferred to the tarantulas in 1980. Diagnosis They can be distinguished by the ...

''. The next year, it was moved to newly erected genus ''

Guyruita ''Guyruita'' is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described by J. P. L. Guadanucci in 2007. Species it contains six species, found in Venezuela and Brazil: *'' Guyruita atlantica'' Guadanucci, Lucas, Indicatti & Yamamoto, 2007 ...

'' due, in part, to the multi-lobed shape of its

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e. When the first male was found and described, the diagnostic characteristics didn't match that of ''Holothele'' or ''Guyruita'', so a new genus was erected for ''Y. waikoshiemi'' and three other closely related species.

Species

it contains four species: *'' Y. franciscoi'' Bertani & Almeida, 2021 (

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) – Brazil *'' Y. neblina'' Bertani & Almeida, 2021 – Brazil *'' Y. raonii'' Bertani & Almeida, 2021 – Brazil *'' Y. waikoshiemi'' (Bertani & Araújo, 2006) – Venezuela

Species

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