Piaroa (arachnid)
| Piaroa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Schizomida |
| Family: | Hubbardiidae |
| Genus: | Villarreal, Giupponi & Tourinho, 2008 |
| Type species | |
| Piaroa virichaj Villarreal, Giupponi & Tourinho, 2008
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| Species | |
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9, see text | |
Piaroa is a genus of hubbardiid short-tailed whipscorpions, first described by Osvaldo Manzanilla, Alessandro Giupponi and Ana Tourinho in 2008.[1]
Species
As of August 2022, the World Schizomida Catalog accepts the following nine species:[2]
- Piaroa bacata Moreno-González, Delgado-Santa & Armas, 2014 – Colombia
- Piaroa bijagua Armas & Víques, 2009 – Costa Rica
- Piaroa escalerete Moreno-González, Delgado-Santa & Armas, 2014 – Colombia
- Piaroa guipongai Villarreal & García, 2012 – Colombia
- Piaroa hoyosi Delgado-Santa & de Armas, 2013 – Colombia
- Piaroa pioi Villarreal, Armas & García, 2014 – Venezuela
- Piaroa turbacoensis Segovia-Paccini, Ahumada-C. & Moreno-González, 2018 – Colombia
- Piaroa virichaj Villarreal, Giupponi & Tourinho, 2008 – Venezuela
- Piaroa youngi Armas & Víquez, 2010 – Costa Rica, Panama
References
- ^ Manzanilla, Osvaldo Villarreal; Giupponi, Alessandro Ponce De Leão; Tourinho, Ana Lúcia (2008). "New Venezuelan genus of Hubardiidae (Arachnida: Schizomida)". Zootaxa. 1860: 60–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1860.1.5.
- ^ "Piaroa Villarreal, Giupponi and Tourinho, 2008". World Schizomida Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 31 August 2022.