Papiri

Papiri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Sparassidae
Subfamily: Sparianthinae
Genus: Papiri
Rheims, 2025[1]
Type species
P. caete
Rheims, 2025
Species

4, see text

Papiri is a genus of spiders in the family Sparassidae.[2]

Distribution

Papiri is only known from Brazil.[2]

Etymology

The genus is named after a Tupi-Guarani language word meaning "shelter", referring to the male palp sclerotized conductor that covers the tip of the embolus.[1]

The species are named after "cabruca-cacau", a cacao cultivation system, Brazilian (borrowed from Tupi-Guarani) caeté "primeval forest", and "tacomare", a Tupi-Guarani word for a type of sugar cane.[1]

Species

As of January 2026, this genus includes four species:[2]

  • Papiri cabruca Rheims, 2025Brazil
  • Papiri cacau Rheims, 2025 – Brazil
  • Papiri caete Rheims, 2025 – Brazil
  • Papiri tacomare Rheims, 2025 – Brazil

References

  1. ^ a b c Rheims, C. A. (2025). "Papiri gen. nov., a new genus of huntsman spiders (Araneae: Sparassidae: Sparianthinae) from Brazil". Zootaxa. 5583: 526–548. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5583.3.6.
  2. ^ a b c "Gen. Papiri Rheims, 2025". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2026-01-20.