Antillena rickwesti

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Theraphosoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Mygalomorphae Superfamilia: Theraphosoidea

Familia: Theraphosidae
Subfamilia: Aviculariinae
Genus: Antillena
Species: Antillena rickwesti

Name

Antillena rickwesti (Bertani & Huff, 2013)

Type locality: Dominican Republic, Pedernales Province, Parque Nacional Jaragua, track into park (unmarked) between Manuell Goa and Oviedo (17°48’41.5"N, 71°26’35.9"W, 83.3 m a.s.l.).

Holotype: AMNH. female ♀. 09.VII.2004. legit J. Huff & E.S. Volschenk.

Synonymy

• Avicularia rickwesti Bertani & Huff, 2013: 333 (original combination)
• Antillena rickwesti (Bertani & Huff): Fukushima & Bertani, 2017: 153

References

Primary references

• Bertani, R. & Huff, J. 2013. Avicularia rickwesti sp. nov., a remarkable new species of Avicularia (Theraphosidae: Aviculariinae) from Dominican Republic. Zoologia 30(3): 333-337. DOI: 10.1590/s1984-46702013000300012 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Fukushima, C.S. & Bertani, R. 2017. Taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of Avicularia Lamarck, 1818 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Aviculariinae) with description of three new aviculariine genera. ZooKeys 659: 1–185. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.659.10717 Reference page.