Bunyoronius


Bunyoronius is a monotypic genus of spiders in the family Corinnidae containing the single species, Bunyoronius femoralis.

Distribution

Bunyoronius femoralis has been recorded from the Central African Republic, Uganda, and Rwanda.

Etymology

The genus name is "a contraction of the words Bunyoro and Carteronius, honoring the Bunyoro people, a pre-colonial Kingdom on the territory of modern Uganda, including the Budongo Forest, type locality of the type species."
The specific name highlights the large male palpal apical retrolateral femoral apophysis.