Avicularia taunayi

Avicularia taunayi

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: Avicularia
Species: Avicularia taunayi

Name

Avicularia taunayi (Mello-Leitão, 1920)

Type locality: Brazil, Minas Gerais, Mariana [20°22'S, 43°25'W].

Holotype: MZUSP. male ♂. legit J.P. Fonseca. MZUSP 327.

Synonymy

• Ancylochiros taunayi Mello-Leitão, 1920 (original combination)
• Avicularia taunayi (de Mello-Leitão, 1920): Raven 1985: 149.

References

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. 

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