Canama Simon, 1903

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Genus Canama Simon, 1903

Males of described species usually have elongate chelicerae, similar to Bathippus Thorell. Prószy ṅski (1987) considered it as a junior synonym of Bathippus based on their similarities. But Davies and Żabka (1989) rejected this synonym, and suggested that it differed from Bathippus in cheliceral and epigynal structure. We agree with Davies and Żabka (1989) that they are distinct genera. Females of Canama have one bicuspid tooth on the retromargin of the chelicera; the spermatheca usually is not highly swollen, but rather coiled and continuous with the copulatory duct; males of Canama usually have a longer embolus and wider embolic spiral, with the plane of the embolic spiral usually perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the tegulum. First leg usually has three pairs of ventral macrosetae on tibia and metatarsus each (but C. triramosa has two pairs of ventral macrosetae on first metatarsus).

Six species have been included in this genus ( Platnick 2012). An additional three new species are described here. The placement of these species in Canama is based both on their similarities in morphology to the type species Canama forceps (Doleschall) (see Prószyṅski 1984, 1987) and their close relationship with C. forceps indicated by unpublished molecular data.