Amazoromus

Amazoromus is a genus of South American ground spiders that was first described by Antônio Brescovit & H. Höfer in 1994.[2]

Amazoromus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Amazoromus
Brescovit & Höfer, 1994[1]
Type species
A. kedus
Brescovit & Höfer, 1994
Species

4, see text

Species

As of May 2019 it contains four species, all found in Brazil:[1]

  • Amazoromus becki Brescovit & Höfer, 1994 – Brazil
  • Amazoromus cristus (Platnick & Höfer, 1990) – Brazil
  • Amazoromus janauari Brescovit & Höfer, 1994 – Brazil
  • Amazoromus kedus Brescovit & Höfer, 1994 (type) – Brazil

References
  1. "Gen. Amazoromus Brescovit & Höfer, 1994". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  2. Brescovit, A. D.; Höfer, H. (1994). "Amazoromus, a new genus of the spider family Gnaphosidae (Araneae) from central Amazonia, Brazil". Andrias. 13: 65–70.


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