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  2. Category:Spiders of South America - Wikipedia

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    This category contains articles about spiders that have a South American native distribution, rather than being limited to particular regions or countries in South America. Spiders native to South America may also be found in categories covering larger areas: Category:Cosmopolitan spidersspiders native worldwide; Category:Pantropical ...

  3. Chilean recluse spider - Wikipedia

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    The Chilean recluse spider, Loxosceles laeta, is a highly venomous spider of the family Sicariidae. In Spanish, it (and other South American recluse spiders) is known as araña de rincón, or "corner spider"; in Brazilian Portuguese, as aranha-marrom or "brown spider". It is considered by many to be the most dangerous of recluse spiders, and ...

  4. Phoneutria nigriventer - Wikipedia

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    Phoneutria nigriventer is a species of medically-significant spider in the family Ctenidae, found in the Southern Cone of South America (Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Argentina). [1] Along with other members of the genus, they are often referred to as Brazilian wandering spiders .

  5. Goliath birdeater - Wikipedia

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    The Goliath birdeater (Theraphosa blondi) belongs to the tarantula family Theraphosidae.Found in northern South America, it is the largest spider in the world by mass (175 g (6.2 oz)) and body length (up to 13 cm (5.1 in)), and second to the giant huntsman spider by leg span. [1]

  6. Phoneutria - Wikipedia

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    The spiders in the genus can grow to have a leg span of 13 to 18 cm (5 to 7 in). Their body length ranges from 17 to 48 mm (43 ⁄ 64 to 1 + 57 ⁄ 64 in). [4] [5] While some other araneomorph spiders have a longer leg span, the largest Phoneutria species have the longest body and the greatest body weight in this group. [6]

  7. Trichonephila clavipes - Wikipedia

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    Trichonephila clavipes (formerly known as Nephila clavipes), commonly known as the golden silk orb-weaver, golden silk spider, golden orb weaver spider or colloquially banana spider (a name shared with several others), is an orb-weaving spider species which inhabits forests and wooded areas ranging from the southern US to Argentina. [3]

  8. Amblypygi - Wikipedia

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    Amblypygi is an order of arachnids also known as whip spiders or tailless whip scorpions, not to be confused with whip scorpions or vinegaroons that belong to the related order Thelyphonida. The name "amblypygid" means "blunt tail", a reference to a lack of the flagellum that is otherwise seen in whip scorpions.

  9. Marma (spider) - Wikipedia

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    Marma is a genus of South American jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1902. [3] Species. As of February 2022 , it ...