Cupiennius

Cupiennius
	C. salei, Adult Male, In Northern Honduras, by Stuart J. Longhorn.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Suborder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Ctenidae
Genus:	Cupiennius; Simon, 1891
Species
	See text.
Diversity
	11 species

Cupiennius is a genus of wandering spiders, known by the common name banana spiders,^[1] found from Mexico to northwestern South America, and on some Caribbean islands. The genus includes both relatively small species where the cephalothorax is less than 9 mm (0.35 in) and large species where the cephalothorax can measure almost 40 mm (1.6 in).^[2] The larger species are sometimes seen far outside their native ranges in shipments of fruits, when frequently confused with Phoneutria spiders. However, unlike the dangerously venomous Phoneutria, bites from Cupiennius typically only have a minor effect on humans and have been compared to a bee sting.^[2]

Species

Cupiennius bimaculatus (Taczanowski, 1874) — Venezuela, Brazil, Guyana, Ecuador
Cupiennius chiapanensis Medina, 2006 — Red-faced Banana Spider^[1] — Mexico
Cupiennius coccineus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901 — Red-legged Banana Spider^[1] — Costa Rica, Panama
Cupiennius cubae Strand, 1909 — Cuba, Costa Rica to Venezuela
Cupiennius foliatus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901 — Costa Rica, Panama
Cupiennius getazi Simon, 1891 — Spot-legged Banana Spider^[1] — Costa Rica, Panama
Cupiennius granadensis (Keyserling, 1877) — Costa Rica to Colombia
Cupiennius remedius Barth & Cordes, 1998 — Guatemala
Cupiennius salei (Keyserling, 1877) — Mexico, Central America, Hispaniola
Cupiennius valentinei (Petrunkevitch, 1925) — Panama
Cupiennius vodou Brescovit & Polotow, 2005 — Hispaniola

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Vetter, R.S., R.L. Crawford, D. J. Buckle (2014) Spiders (Araneae) Found in Bananas and Other International Cargo Submitted to North American Arachnologists for Identification. Journal of Medical Entomology 51: 1136-1143
^ ^a ^b Vetter & Hillebrecht (2008). On distinguishing two often-misidentified genera (Cupiennius, Phoneutria) (Araneae: Ctenidae) of large spiders found in Central and South American cargo shipments. American Entomology 54: 82-87.

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[bananaspiders-1] Vetter, R.S., R.L. Crawford, D. J. Buckle (2014) Spiders (Araneae) Found in Bananas and Other International Cargo Submitted to North American Arachnologists for Identification. Journal of Medical Entomology 51: 1136-1143

[CupienniusPhoneutria-2] Vetter & Hillebrecht (2008). On distinguishing two often-misidentified genera (Cupiennius, Phoneutria) (Araneae: Ctenidae) of large spiders found in Central and South American cargo shipments. American Entomology 54: 82-87.

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