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Genus: Kambiwa Huber, 2000 | Family: Pholcidae C. L. Koch, 1850

Kambiwa neotropica (Kraus, 1957)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003429

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Described:

Distribution: Brazil

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany m (9906776 = RII/6776a) - (Huber et al., 2026)
Paratype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany 1m 4f (9911729 = RII/6776b) - (Huber et al., 2026)

Taxonomic References

Ninetis neotropica Kraus, 1957: 242, f. 73-80 (Dmf) Original description

Kambiwa neotropica Huber, 2000: 89, f. 338-341 (mf, T from Ninetis)

Kambiwa neotropica Huber et al., 2026: 25, f. 3A, 4A, 7A, 10C, 15A-C, 16A-F, 17A-C, 18A-F (mf)

Kambiwa sp. aff. neotropica Huber et al., 2026: 33, f. 19A-F, 20A-D (mf)

References

Huber, B. A. (2000). New World pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae): a revision at generic level. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 254: 1-348. doi: 10.1206/0003-0090(2000)254<0001:NWPSAP>2.0.CO;2 -- Show included taxa

Huber, B. A., Meng, G. L., Král, J., Ávila Herrera, I. M. & Carvalho, L. S. (2026). Ninetine spiders in Brazilian Caatinga and Cerrado: revision of Kambiwa and description of Sertana gen. nov. (Araneae, Pholcidae), with analyses of predicted range shifts due to climate change. European Journal of Taxonomy 1054: 1-126. doi: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1054.3276 [[Zoobank: 5A57B885-FEC8-4563-8245-AA9CFDF31577]] -- Show included taxa

Kraus, O. (1957). Araneenstudien 1. Pholcidae (Smeringopodinae, Ninetinae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 38(3/4): 217-243. -- Show included taxa

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-05-16	New taxonomic reference entry	Huber et al., 2026