Umbyquyra is a genus of South American tarantulas first described in 2018.[2]

Umbyquyra
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Umbyquyra
Gargiulo, Brescovit & Lucas, 2018[1]
Type species
U. paranaiba Gargiulo, Brescovit & Lucas, 2018
Species

12, see text

Species

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As of May 2022 it contains twelve species:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Umbyquyra Gargiulo, Brescovit & Lucas, 2018". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
  2. ^ Gargiulo, F. de F.; Brescovit, A. D.; Lucas, S. M. (2018). "Umbyquyra gen. nov., a new tarantula spider genus from the Neotropical region (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae), with a description of eight new species". European Journal of Taxonomy (457): 1–50. doi:10.5852/ejt.2018.457.