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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Lynx Spiders (Oxyopidae) » Hamataliwa

Genus Hamataliwa

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Female, Entelegyne? - Hamataliwa grisea - female

Yellow bellied spider - Hamataliwa grisea

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynae)

Family Oxyopidae (Lynx Spiders)

Genus Hamataliwa

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Hamataliwa Keyserling, 1887. Type species: H. grisea

Oxyopeidon Octavius Pickard Cambridge, 1894.

Explanation of Names

No valid explanation to date. Possibly a combination of old German and Teutonic middle ages names.(1)

Numbers

Fifty-eight species worldwide; three species in North America, north of Mexico: H. helia, grisea, and unca.

Hamataliwa

Range

Southern United States, from FL west to CA.(2)

Hamataliwa grisea - across southern United States from FL to CA and south to Guanajuato and Jalico. (GA, MS, TX, NM, AZ)(2)

Hamataliwa helia - FL to TX and south to Yucatan (GA, AL)(2)

Hamataliwa unca - southern TX

Print References

The Lynx Spiders Of North America, North Of Mexico (Araneae: Oxyopidae)

By Allen R. Brady

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Vol. 131, No. 13 Cambridge, Mass. September 30, 1964

The Lynx Spider Genus Hamataliwa in Mexico and Central America (Araneae: Oxyopidae)

By Allen R. Brady

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Vol. 140, No. 3 Cambridge, Mass. August 6, 1970

Grimshaw, J. F. 1989. The genus Hamataliwa Keyserling (Araneae: Oxyopidae) in Australia with description of two new species. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society, 28: 181-186.

Internet References

H. grisea

World Spider Catalog

Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, v.39, p.457 Keyserling's original description of the species (in German)

Works Cited

1.	Spiders of North America: An Identification Manual D. Ubick, P. Paquin, P.E. Cushing and V. Roth (eds). 2005. American Arachnological Society.

2.	The Lynx Spiders Of North America, North Of Mexico (Araneae: Oxyopidae) Allen R. Brady. 1964. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Vol. 131, No. 13 Cambridge, Mass. September 30.

Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 27 March, 2006 - 7:10pm
Additional contributions by John VanDyk, Chuck Entz, Laura P.
Last updated 13 October, 2017 - 8:10pm

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