Bunyoronius
| Bunyoronius | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Corinnidae |
| Genus: | Bunyoronius Bonaldo, Ramírez & Haddad, 2022[2] |
| Species: | B. femoralis
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| Binomial name | |
| Bunyoronius femoralis | |
Bunyoronius is a monotypic genus of spiders in the family Corinnidae containing the single species, Bunyoronius femoralis.[1]
Distribution
Bunyoronius femoralis has been recorded from the Central African Republic, Uganda, and Rwanda.[1]
Etymology
The genus name is "a contraction of the words Bunyoro and [related genus] Carteronius, honoring the Bunyoro people, a pre-colonial Kingdom on the territory of modern Uganda, including the Budongo Forest, type locality of the type species."[2]
The specific name highlights the large male palpal apical retrolateral femoral apophysis.[2]
References
- ^ a b c "Gen. Bunyoronius Bonaldo, Ramírez & Haddad, 2022". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
- ^ a b c Bonaldo, A. B.; Bosselaers, J. (2022). "Switching identities: a revision of the Afrotropical spider genus Carteronius Simon, 1897 (Araneae, Corinnidae), senior synonym of Mandaneta Strand, 1932, with a new genus of the Pronophaea group". Zootaxa. 5205 (4): 343–373. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5205.4.3. PMID 37045427.