Kingdom Animalia Class Arachnida Family Theraphosidae Order Spider | Subphylum Chelicerata Infraorder Mygalomorphae Phylum Arthropoda | |
Genus Bumba
Pérez-Miles, Bonaldo & Miglio, 2014 Similar Bumba lennoni, Theraphosinae, Chaetopelma, Acanthopelma, Plesiopelma | ||
Bumba is a genus of tarantula native to the Americas. It is an uncommon genus, comprising only four known species, including one named after John Lennon. Like most related species in the subfamily Theraphosinae, they may flick urticating hairs in response to threats.
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Taxonomy
The genus was first described in 2000 by Fernando Pérez-Miles under the name Iracema; however this name was already in use for a genus of freshwater fish, so in 2005, Pérez-Miles proposed the replacement name Maraca. However, this too was already in use (for a species of cockroach) and in 2014 the replacement name Bumba was put forward by Pérez-Miles, Bonaldo & Miglio.
The genus name, Bumba, refers to Brazilian folk theater; in the Northern Brazilian region where the spiders are found, there is a festival called Boi-bumbá, or "beat my bull".
Species
As of February 2016, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species: