Wamba (spider)

Wamba
	W. crispulus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Theridiidae
Genus:	Wamba; O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896[1]
Type species
	W. congener; O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896
Species
	W. congener O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 – USA, Caribbean to Argentina; W. crispulus (Simon, 1895) – Canada to Brazil, Caribbean; W. panamensis (Levi, 1959) – Panama, Ecuador;
Synonyms[1]
	Allodipoena Bryant, 1947 (removed from S of Theridion Walckenaer, 1805)[2]; Chindellum Archer, 1950 (removed from S of Theridion Walckenaer, 1805)[2];

Wamba is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1896.[3] As of September 2019 it contains three species, found in the Americas, including the Caribbean: W. congener, W. crispulus, and W. panamensis.[1]

References

"Gen. Wamba O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
Wunderlich, J. (1995). "Revision und Neubeschreibung einiger Gattungen der Familie Theridiidae aus der Nearktis und Neotropis (Arachnida: Araneae)". Beiträge zur Araneologie. 4 (1994): 611.
Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1896), "Arachnida. Araneida", Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology

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