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

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

Only three species reach into North America: H. grisea, H. helia and H. unica.

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

Species , this genus includes ninety species:

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

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