Piaroa (arachnid)
Piaroa is a genus of hubbardiid short-tailed whipscorpions, first described by Osvaldo Manzanilla, Alessandro Giupponi & Ana Tourinho in 2008.[1]
| Piaroa | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata | 
| Class: | Arachnida | 
| Order: | Schizomida | 
| Family: | Hubbardiidae | 
| Genus: | Piaroa Villarreal, Giupponi & Tourinho, 2008  | 
| Type species | |
| Piaroa virichaj Villarreal, Giupponi & Tourinho, 2008  | |
| Species | |
| 
 9, see text  | |
Species
    
As of August 2022, the World Schizomida Catalog accepts the following nine species:[2]
- Piaroa bacata Moreno-González, Delgado-Santa & Armas, 2014 – Colombia
 - Piaroa bijagua Armas & Víques, 2009 – Costa Rica
 - Piaroa escalerete Moreno-González, Delgado-Santa & Armas, 2014 – Colombia
 - Piaroa guipongai Villarreal & García, 2012 – Colombia
 - Piaroa hoyosi Delgado-Santa & de Armas, 2013 – Colombia
 - Piaroa pioi Villarreal, Armas & García, 2014 – Venezuela
 - Piaroa turbacoensis Segovia-Paccini, Ahumada-C. & Moreno-González, 2018 – Colombia
 - Piaroa virichaj Villarreal, Giupponi & Tourinho, 2008 – Venezuela
 - Piaroa youngi Armas & Víquez, 2010 – Costa Rica, Panama
 
References
    
- Manzanilla, Osvaldo Villarreal; Giupponi, Alessandro Ponce De Leão; Tourinho, Ana Lúcia (2008). "New Venezuelan genus of Hubardiidae (Arachnida: Schizomida)". Zootaxa. 1860: 60–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1860.1.5.
 - "Piaroa Villarreal, Giupponi and Tourinho, 2008". World Schizomida Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
 
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