Hamataliwa

Hamataliwa
Female H. rostrifrons
Hamataliwa sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Oxyopidae
Genus: Hamataliwa
Keyserling, 1887[1]
Type species
H. grisea
Keyserling, 1887
Species

90, see text

Synonyms[1]

Hamataliwa is a genus of lynx spiders that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1887.[4]

Distribution

Most species in this genus are found in Central and South America (Mexico to Brazil) or Asia (India to China and Indonesia).[1]

Only three species reach into North America: H. grisea, H. helia and H. unica.[1]

H. cooki and H. monroei are endemic to Australia. Five species are endemic to Africa, from Ethiopia to South Africa.[1]

Species

As of September 2025, this genus includes ninety species:[1]

  • Hamataliwa albibarbis (Mello-Leitão, 1947)Brazil
  • Hamataliwa argyrescens Mello-Leitão, 1929 – Brazil
  • Hamataliwa aurita Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2005China
  • Hamataliwa banksi (Mello-Leitão, 1928) – Mexico to Costa Rica
  • Hamataliwa barroana (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936) – Mexico to Panama
  • Hamataliwa bicolor (Mello-Leitão, 1929) – Brazil
  • Hamataliwa bituberculata (Mello-Leitão, 1929) – Brazil, Guyana
  • Hamataliwa brunnea (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902)Mexico
  • Hamataliwa buelowae Mello-Leitão, 1945Argentina
  • Hamataliwa bufo Brady, 1970Panama
  • Hamataliwa catenula Deeleman-Reinhold, 2009Indonesia, Malaysia
  • Hamataliwa caudata Mello-Leitão, 1929 – Brazil
  • Hamataliwa cavata (Kraus, 1955)El Salvador
  • Hamataliwa cheta Brady, 1970Guatemala
  • Hamataliwa circularis (Kraus, 1955) – El Salvador
  • Hamataliwa communicans (Chamberlin, 1925)Hispaniola
  • Hamataliwa cooki Grimshaw, 1989Australia
  • Hamataliwa cordata Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2005 – China
  • Hamataliwa cordivulva Lo, Cheng & Lin, 2024Taiwan
  • Hamataliwa cornuta (Thorell, 1895)Myanmar
  • Hamataliwa crista Amulya, Sebastian & Sudhikumar, 2022India
  • Hamataliwa crocata Brady, 1970 – Panama
  • Hamataliwa cucullata Tang, Wang & Peng, 2012 – China
  • Hamataliwa difficilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894) – Mexico
  • Hamataliwa dimidiata (Soares & Camargo, 1948) – Brazil
  • Hamataliwa dubia (Mello-Leitão, 1929) – Brazil
  • Hamataliwa facilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894) – Guatemala, Mexico
  • Hamataliwa flebilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894) – Mexico to Panama
  • Hamataliwa floreni Deeleman-Reinhold, 2009 – Indonesia, Malaysia
  • Hamataliwa foveata Tang & Li, 2012 – China, Taiwan
  • Hamataliwa fronticornis (Lessert, 1927)Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa
  • Hamataliwa fronto (Thorell, 1890) – Indonesia
  • Hamataliwa globosa (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) – Mexico to Panama
  • Hamataliwa grisea Keyserling, 1887 – Mexico, United States (type species)
  • Hamataliwa haytiana (Chamberlin, 1925) – Hispaniola
  • Hamataliwa helia (Chamberlin, 1929) – Indonesia, Thailand, Mexico, United States, Guyana, Borneo
  • Hamataliwa hellia Dhali, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2017 – India
  • Hamataliwa hista Brady, 1970 – Panama
  • Hamataliwa ignifuga Deeleman-Reinhold, 2009 – Borneo
  • Hamataliwa incompta (Thorell, 1895) – Southeast Asia, India
  • Hamataliwa indica Sen & Sureshan, 2022 – India
  • Hamataliwa kulczynskii (Lessert, 1915)Ethiopia, Botswana, Eswatini, South Africa
  • Hamataliwa labialis (Song, 1991) – China
  • Hamataliwa laeta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894) – Mexico
  • Hamataliwa latifrons (Thorell, 1890) – Indonesia
  • Hamataliwa leporauris Lo, Cheng & Lin, 2024 – Taiwan
  • Hamataliwa maculipes (Bryant, 1923)Antigua and Barbuda
  • Hamataliwa manca Tang & Li, 2012 – China
  • Hamataliwa marmorata Simon, 1898 – Brazil, Paraguay
  • Hamataliwa menglunensis Tang & Li, 2012 – China
  • Hamataliwa micropunctata (Mello-Leitão, 1929) – Brazil
  • Hamataliwa monroei Grimshaw, 1989 – Australia
  • Hamataliwa nigrescens Mello-Leitão, 1929 – Brazil
  • Hamataliwa nigritarsus Bryant, 1948 – Dominican Republic
  • Hamataliwa nigriventris (Mello-Leitão, 1929) – Brazil
  • Hamataliwa obtusa (Thorell, 1892) – Indonesia
  • Hamataliwa oculata Tang & Li, 2012 – China
  • Hamataliwa ovata (Biswas, Kundu, Kundu, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 1996) – India
  • Hamataliwa pedicula Tang & Li, 2012 – China
  • Hamataliwa penicillata Mello-Leitão, 1948 – Guyana
  • Hamataliwa pentagona Tang & Li, 2012 – China, India
  • Hamataliwa perdita Mello-Leitão, 1929 – Brazil
  • Hamataliwa peterjaegeri Deeleman-Reinhold, 2009 – Borneo
  • Hamataliwa pilulifera Tang & Li, 2012 – China
  • Hamataliwa porcata (Simon, 1898) – Brazil
  • Hamataliwa positiva Chamberlin, 1924 – Mexico
  • Hamataliwa pricompta Deeleman-Reinhold, 2009 – Indonesia, Malaysia
  • Hamataliwa puta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894) – Mexico to Panama
  • Hamataliwa quadrimaculata (Mello-Leitão, 1929) – Brazil
  • Hamataliwa rana (Simon, 1898) – Caribbean
  • Hamataliwa reticulata (Biswas, Kundu, Kundu, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 1996) – India
  • Hamataliwa rhombiae Amulya & Sudhikumar, 2022 – India
  • Hamataliwa rostrifrons (Lawrence, 1928)Namibia, South Africa
  • Hamataliwa rufocaligata Simon, 1898Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia, Botswana, South Africa
  • Hamataliwa sagitta Amulya, Sebastian & Sudhikumar, 2024 – India
  • Hamataliwa sanmenensis Song & Zheng, 1992 – China
  • Hamataliwa schmidti Reimoser, 1939 – Mexico to Costa Rica
  • Hamataliwa strandi (Lessert, 1923)Mozambique, South Africa
  • Hamataliwa subfacilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894) – Mexico
  • Hamataliwa subhadrae (Tikader, 1970) – China, India
  • Hamataliwa submanca Tang & Li, 2012 – China
  • Hamataliwa torsiva Tang, Wang & Peng, 2012 – China
  • Hamataliwa triangularis (Kraus, 1955) – El Salvador, Panama
  • Hamataliwa tricuspidata (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) – Costa Rica to Guyana
  • Hamataliwa truncata (Thorell, 1897)Vietnam
  • Hamataliwa tuberculata (Chamberlin, 1925)Cuba
  • Hamataliwa unca Brady, 1964 – United States
  • Hamataliwa ursa Brady, 1970 – Panama
  • Hamataliwa vanbruggeni Deeleman-Reinhold, 2009 – Malaysia
  • Hamataliwa wangi Lin & Li, 2022 – China

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Genus Hamataliwa". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  2. ^ Deeleman-Reinhold, C. L. (2009). "Description of the lynx spiders of a canopy fogging project in northern Borneo (Araneae: Oxyopidae), with description of a new genus and six new species of Hamataliwa". Zoologische Mededelingen. 83: 677.
  3. ^ Bryant, E. B. (1948). "The spiders of Hispaniola". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 100: 357.
  4. ^ Keyserling, E. (1887). "Neue Spinnen aus America. VII". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 37: 421–490. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.17676.