Spiders of Central America

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Brachypelma is a genus of spiders in the family Theraphosidae (tarantulas). They may have bodies up to long with legs of similar or greater lengths. Some species have brightly colored legs, with red or orange marks and rings.

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Actinopus is a genus of mygalomorph spiders in the family Actinopodidae. As such, they live in soil-covered burrows with a hinged top. The males wander about in search for females, which stay in their burrow for most of their life.

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Aphonopelma is a genus of tarantulas native to the Americas. It includes nearly all the North American tarantula species north of Mexico and a considerable percentage of the tarantula species that range into Central America. Most are fairly large tarantulas with leg spans of 6 in (16 cm) or more. Like most New World tarantulas, all species of Aphonopelma have urticating hairs. Despite their fearsome appearance, these tarantulas are not harmful to humans and some species are popular in the pet trade. With about 90 species described so far, Aphonopelma comprises about 10% of the total numbe

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thumb|C. getazi with female katydid prey (Tettigoniidae sp.), Panama Cupiennius, known by the common name bromeliad spiders or as the often confused name banana spiders, is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Trechaleidae, named by Eugène Simon in 1891. They are found from Mexico to northwestern South America, and on some Caribbean islands. Unlike the dangerously venomous Phoneutria, bites from these spiders typically have only minor effects on humans, and have been compared to a bee sting.

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Ochyrocera is a genus of midget ground weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892.

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Kapogea is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1997.

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Wallaba is a monotypic genus of Guyanese jumping spiders containing the single species, Wallaba metallica. It was first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1940, and is found in Guyana. It was synonymized with Sidusa in 2015, but was revalidated by Jerzy Prószyński in 2017.

Psalmopoeus is a genus of the family Theraphosidae containing various species of tarantulas. The genus is native to South America, Central America, Trinidad and Tobago, and Mexico.

Sebastira is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1901. it contains only two species, found only in Panama and Venezuela: S. instrata and S. plana.

Cotinusa is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1900.

Banksetosa is a genus of Panamanian jumping spiders that was first described by Arthur Merton Chickering in 1946. it contains only two species, found only in Panama: B. dubia and B. notata. It is named in honor of Nathan Banks.

The spider genus Sosippus is, with other genera in the subfamily Hippasinae, unique among the spiders in the family Lycosidae in producing a large funnel-web resembling that of the Agelenidae. The posterior spinnerets are more elongate than in other wolf spiders.

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Cylistella is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1901.

Hypaeus is a South American genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders).

Titanattus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1885. The name is a combination of "Titan" and the common salticid suffix -attus. The genus Agelista was accepted as a synonym of Titanattus in 2017.

Carabella is a genus of Panamanian jumping spiders that was first described by Arthur Merton Chickering in 1946. it contains only two species, found only in Panama: C. banksi and C. insignis.

Smermisia is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1894.

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Scopocira is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1900.

Acanthoscurria is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871. They are found throughout South America including the countries of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela, plus into the Windward Islands West Indies, .

Parnaenus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1896. it contains only three species, found only in South America, El Salvador, and Guatemala: P. cuspidatus, P. cyanidens, and P. metallicus.

Asemostera is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1898. Originally placed with the family Agelenidae, it was moved to the family Linyphiidae in 1965.

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Jalapyphantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Carl Eduard Adolph Gerstaecker & L. I. Davis in 1946.

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Spilasma is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1897. it contains only three species.

Gastromicans is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1917.

Psilochorus is a genus of spiders in the family Pholcidae.

Microplanus is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge in 1991.

Edricus is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1890. it contains only two species.

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Manogea is a genus of Central and South American orb-weaver spiders first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1997. it contains only three species.

Philaeus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1869. Philaeus maoniuensis was moved to genus Yllenus in 2003.

Cyclosternum is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871.

Bertrana is a genus of Central and South American orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1884. It includes some of the smallest known araneid orb-weavers. Bertrana striolata females are 4.5 mm long or less. The eight eyes are in two rows. The abdomen is white on top and on the sides, with multiple hieroglyphic-like lines and bars of many different shapes and length. In females, these are red, in males, black.

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Hypognatha is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by F. E. Guérin-Méneville in 1839.

Lasiodora is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1850. They are often very large; body lengths of up to , including the legs, are not unusual.

Nagaina is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1896. The name is derived from Nagaina, a character from Rudyard Kipling's Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. Other salticid genera with names of Kipling's characters include Bagheera, Messua, and Akela.

Noegus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1900.

Spider genus

Parawixia is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by F. O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1904. Most species are found in the Neotropics, but one species, Parawixia dehaani, is found in Australasia and tropical Asia as far west as India.

Cobanus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1900.

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Chapoda is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George Peckham & Elizabeth Peckham in 1896.