A new genus,
Catanduba, is proposed and supported on the cladistic analysis with the following synapomorphies: embolus tapering abruptly from half of the length, embolus tooth associated with PIK and a triangular basal nodule on male metatarsus I. Homoeomma simoni and Plesiopelma flavohirtum are transferred to Catanduba and five new species are described:
C. tuskae,
C. araguaia,
C. piauiensis,
C. canabrava and
C. peruacu. The species occur mainly in central Brazil,
in Cerrado areas, with some species also occurring in Atlantic forest (
C. tuskae sp. n. ) and Caatinga (C. piauiensis sp. n.
and
C. peruacu sp. n.).
Zootaxa 3172: 1-19