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Hamataliwa
	Female H. rostrifrons
	Hamataliwa sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Oxyopidae
Genus:	Hamataliwa; Keyserling, 1887
Type species
	H. grisea; Keyserling, 1887
Species
	90, see text
Synonyms
	Megullia Thorell, 1897 ; Oxyopeidon O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894 ;

Hamataliwa is a genus of lynx spiders that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1887.^[4]

Distribution

Most species in this genus are found in Central and South America (Mexico to Brazil) or Asia (India to China and Indonesia).^[1]

Only three species reach into North America: H. grisea, H. helia and H. unica.^[1]

H. cooki and H. monroei are endemic to Australia. Five species are endemic to Africa, from Ethiopia to South Africa.^[1]

Species

As of September 2025^[update], this genus includes ninety species:^[1]

Hamataliwa albibarbis (Mello-Leitão, 1947) – Brazil
Hamataliwa argyrescens Mello-Leitão, 1929 – Brazil
Hamataliwa aurita Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2005 – China
Hamataliwa banksi (Mello-Leitão, 1928) – Mexico to Costa Rica
Hamataliwa barroana (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936) – Mexico to Panama
Hamataliwa bicolor (Mello-Leitão, 1929) – Brazil
Hamataliwa bituberculata (Mello-Leitão, 1929) – Brazil, Guyana
Hamataliwa brunnea (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) – Mexico
Hamataliwa buelowae Mello-Leitão, 1945 – Argentina
Hamataliwa bufo Brady, 1970 – Panama
Hamataliwa catenula Deeleman-Reinhold, 2009 – Indonesia, Malaysia
Hamataliwa caudata Mello-Leitão, 1929 – Brazil
Hamataliwa cavata (Kraus, 1955) – El Salvador
Hamataliwa cheta Brady, 1970 – Guatemala
Hamataliwa circularis (Kraus, 1955) – El Salvador
Hamataliwa communicans (Chamberlin, 1925) – Hispaniola
Hamataliwa cooki Grimshaw, 1989 – Australia
Hamataliwa cordata Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2005 – China
Hamataliwa cordivulva Lo, Cheng & Lin, 2024 – Taiwan
Hamataliwa cornuta (Thorell, 1895) – Myanmar
Hamataliwa crista Amulya, Sebastian & Sudhikumar, 2022 – India
Hamataliwa crocata Brady, 1970 – Panama
Hamataliwa cucullata Tang, Wang & Peng, 2012 – China
Hamataliwa difficilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894) – Mexico
Hamataliwa dimidiata (Soares & Camargo, 1948) – Brazil
Hamataliwa dubia (Mello-Leitão, 1929) – Brazil
Hamataliwa facilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894) – Guatemala, Mexico
Hamataliwa flebilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894) – Mexico to Panama
Hamataliwa floreni Deeleman-Reinhold, 2009 – Indonesia, Malaysia
Hamataliwa foveata Tang & Li, 2012 – China, Taiwan
Hamataliwa fronticornis (Lessert, 1927) – Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa
Hamataliwa fronto (Thorell, 1890) – Indonesia
Hamataliwa globosa (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) – Mexico to Panama
Hamataliwa grisea Keyserling, 1887 – Mexico, United States (type species)
Hamataliwa haytiana (Chamberlin, 1925) – Hispaniola
Hamataliwa helia (Chamberlin, 1929) – Indonesia, Thailand, Mexico, United States, Guyana, Borneo
Hamataliwa hellia Dhali, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2017 – India
Hamataliwa hista Brady, 1970 – Panama
Hamataliwa ignifuga Deeleman-Reinhold, 2009 – Borneo
Hamataliwa incompta (Thorell, 1895) – Southeast Asia, India
Hamataliwa indica Sen & Sureshan, 2022 – India
Hamataliwa kulczynskii (Lessert, 1915) – Ethiopia, Botswana, Eswatini, South Africa
Hamataliwa labialis (Song, 1991) – China
Hamataliwa laeta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894) – Mexico
Hamataliwa latifrons (Thorell, 1890) – Indonesia
Hamataliwa leporauris Lo, Cheng & Lin, 2024 – Taiwan
Hamataliwa maculipes (Bryant, 1923) – Antigua and Barbuda
Hamataliwa manca Tang & Li, 2012 – China
Hamataliwa marmorata Simon, 1898 – Brazil, Paraguay
Hamataliwa menglunensis Tang & Li, 2012 – China
Hamataliwa micropunctata (Mello-Leitão, 1929) – Brazil
Hamataliwa monroei Grimshaw, 1989 – Australia
Hamataliwa nigrescens Mello-Leitão, 1929 – Brazil
Hamataliwa nigritarsus Bryant, 1948 – Dominican Republic
Hamataliwa nigriventris (Mello-Leitão, 1929) – Brazil
Hamataliwa obtusa (Thorell, 1892) – Indonesia
Hamataliwa oculata Tang & Li, 2012 – China
Hamataliwa ovata (Biswas, Kundu, Kundu, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 1996) – India
Hamataliwa pedicula Tang & Li, 2012 – China
Hamataliwa penicillata Mello-Leitão, 1948 – Guyana
Hamataliwa pentagona Tang & Li, 2012 – China, India
Hamataliwa perdita Mello-Leitão, 1929 – Brazil
Hamataliwa peterjaegeri Deeleman-Reinhold, 2009 – Borneo
Hamataliwa pilulifera Tang & Li, 2012 – China
Hamataliwa porcata (Simon, 1898) – Brazil
Hamataliwa positiva Chamberlin, 1924 – Mexico
Hamataliwa pricompta Deeleman-Reinhold, 2009 – Indonesia, Malaysia
Hamataliwa puta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894) – Mexico to Panama
Hamataliwa quadrimaculata (Mello-Leitão, 1929) – Brazil
Hamataliwa rana (Simon, 1898) – Caribbean
Hamataliwa reticulata (Biswas, Kundu, Kundu, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 1996) – India
Hamataliwa rhombiae Amulya & Sudhikumar, 2022 – India
Hamataliwa rostrifrons (Lawrence, 1928) – Namibia, South Africa
Hamataliwa rufocaligata Simon, 1898 – Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia, Botswana, South Africa
Hamataliwa sagitta Amulya, Sebastian & Sudhikumar, 2024 – India
Hamataliwa sanmenensis Song & Zheng, 1992 – China
Hamataliwa schmidti Reimoser, 1939 – Mexico to Costa Rica
Hamataliwa strandi (Lessert, 1923) – Mozambique, South Africa
Hamataliwa subfacilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894) – Mexico
Hamataliwa subhadrae (Tikader, 1970) – China, India
Hamataliwa submanca Tang & Li, 2012 – China
Hamataliwa torsiva Tang, Wang & Peng, 2012 – China
Hamataliwa triangularis (Kraus, 1955) – El Salvador, Panama
Hamataliwa tricuspidata (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) – Costa Rica to Guyana
Hamataliwa truncata (Thorell, 1897) – Vietnam
Hamataliwa tuberculata (Chamberlin, 1925) – Cuba
Hamataliwa unca Brady, 1964 – United States
Hamataliwa ursa Brady, 1970 – Panama
Hamataliwa vanbruggeni Deeleman-Reinhold, 2009 – Malaysia
Hamataliwa wangi Lin & Li, 2022 – China

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 "Genus Hamataliwa". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
↑ Deeleman-Reinhold, C. L. (2009). "Description of the lynx spiders of a canopy fogging project in northern Borneo (Araneae: Oxyopidae), with description of a new genus and six new species of Hamataliwa". Zoologische Mededelingen. 83: 677.
↑ Bryant, E. B. (1948). "The spiders of Hispaniola". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 100: 357.
↑ Keyserling, E. (1887). "Neue Spinnen aus America. VII". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 37: 421–490. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.17676.

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[wsc-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Genus Hamataliwa". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 30 September 2025.

[Deel2009-2] Deeleman-Reinhold, C. L. (2009). "Description of the lynx spiders of a canopy fogging project in northern Borneo (Araneae: Oxyopidae), with description of a new genus and six new species of Hamataliwa". Zoologische Mededelingen. 83: 677.

[Brya1948-3] Bryant, E. B. (1948). "The spiders of Hispaniola". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 100: 357.

[Keys1887-4] Keyserling, E. (1887). "Neue Spinnen aus America. VII". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 37: 421–490. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.17676.

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