Avicularia variegata

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

Avicularia variegata (Pickard-Cambridge, 1896)

Type locality: Brazil, Amazonas, Itacoatiara [3°07'S, 58°26'W], Lower Amazon.

Lectotype: BMNH. female ♀. I.1896. BMNH 1896.12.13.16. (lectotype Avicularia avicularia variegata designated by Fukushima & Bertani, 2017: 61)

Avicularia avicularia variegata Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 (original combination)
Avicularia variegata (Pickard-Cambridge, 1896): Fukushima & Bertani, 2017: 61. stat. n.
Avicularia bicegoi Mello-Leitão, 1923 (synonymized by Fukushima & Bertani, 2017: 61).
- Type locality: Brazil, Amazonas, Manaus [03°06'S, 60°01'W].
  - Holotype: MZUSP. female ♀. legit Bicego. MZUSP 133.

Pickard-Cambridge, F.O. 1896. On the Theraphosidae of the lower Amazons: being an account of the new genera and species of this group of spiders discovered during the expedition of the steamship ‘Faraday’ up the river Amazons. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 64(3): 716–766. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1896.tb03076.x Reference page.

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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