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