| Bumba | |
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| Bumba horrida in captivity | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Subfamily: | Theraphosinae |
| Genus: |
Bumba Pérez-Miles, Bonaldo & Miglio, 2014 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Bumba horrida (Pérez-Miles, 2000)
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| Species | |
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8, see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Bumba is a genus of tarantula native to the Americas. It is an uncommon genus, comprising eight known species, including one named after John Lennon. [2] Like most related species in the subfamily Theraphosinae, they may flick urticating hairs in response to threats.
Diagnosis
They can be distinguished by the type 5 urticating hairs, and the palpal bulb resting in a "ventral distal excavation" of the pedipalp's tibia. The metatarsus number 1 passes between two branches of the tibial apophysis when flexed and the presence of spine like hairs on the maxillae and coxae 1 through 4. [3]
Taxonomy
The genus was first described in 2000 by Fernando Pérez-Miles under the name Iracema; however this name was already in use for a genus of freshwater fish, so in 2005, Pérez-Miles proposed the replacement name Maraca. However, this too was already in use (for a species of cockroach) and in 2014 the replacement name Bumba was put forward by Pérez-Miles, Bonaldo & Miglio. [2]
Etymology
The genus name, Bumba, refers to Brazilian folk theater; in the Northern Brazilian region where the spiders are found, there is a festival called Boi-bumbá, or "beat my bull". [2]
Species
As of July 2022 [update], the World Spider Catalog accepted the following 8 species: [1]
- Bumba cuiaba Lucas, Passanha & Brescovit, 2020 — Brazil
- Bumba horrida (Schmidt, 1994) — Venezuela, Brazil
- Bumba humilis (Vellard, 1924) — Brazil
- Bumba lennoni Pérez-Miles, Bonaldo & Miglio, 2014 — Brazil
- Bumba mineiros Lucas, Passanha & Brescovit, 2020 — Brazil, Paraguay
- Bumba paunaka Ferretti, 2021 — Bolivia
- Bumba rondonia Lucas, Passanha & Brescovit, 2020 — Brazil
- Bumba tapajos Lucas, Passanha & Brescovit, 2020 — Brazil
In synonymy
- Bumba cabocla (Pérez-Miles, 2000) = Bumba horrida
Transferred to other genera
- Bumba pulcherrimaklaasi (Schmidt, 1991) → Cyclosternum pulcherrimaklaasi ( Nomen dubium)
References
- ^ a b "Gen. Bumba Pérez-Miles, Bonaldo & Miglio, 2014", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 11 November 2021
- ^ a b c Pérez-Miles, F.; Bonaldo, A.B. & Miglio, L.T. (2014), "Bumba, a replacement name for Maraca Pérez-Miles, 2005 and Bumba lennoni, a new tarantula species from western Amazonia (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Theraphosinae)", ZooKeys (448): 1–8, doi: 10.3897/zookeys.448.7920, PMC 4233390, PMID 25408606
- ^ Lucas, Sylvia M.; Passanha, Victor; Brescovit, Antonio D. (2020-10-06). "New combination and redescription of Bumba humile, description of four new species and new records from Brazil (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae)". Zoologia. 37: 1–17. doi: 10.3897/zoologia.37.e46744. ISSN 1984-4689. S2CID 224922781.