Isiboroa
Genus of spiders
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Isiboroa is a genus of South American tarantulas in the family Theraphosidae.[2]
| Isiboroa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Isiboroa Gabriel, Sherwood & Pérez-Miles, 2023[1] |
| Type species | |
| I. hamelae Gabriel, Sherwood, Pérez-Miles, 2023 | |
| Species | |
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2, see text | |
Distribution
Isiboroa is found in South America, with one species endemic to Bolivia, the other to Peru.[2]
Taxonomy
I. sacsayhuaman was originally described as a member of genus Acanthoscurria.[2]
Homoeomma peruvianum was moved to this genus by Gabriel et al. (2023), but then also made the type species of the newly created genus Urupelma by Kaderka et al. in the same year.[3]
