Caribena versicolor

Caribena versicolor

Avicularia versicolor

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: Caribena
Species: Caribena versicolor

Name

Caribena versicolor (Walckenaer, 1837)

Synonyms

• Mygale versicolor Walckenaer, 1837: 211 (original combination)
• Avicularia versicolor (Walckenaer): Simon, 1892: 171.
• Caribena versicolor (Walckenaer): Fukushima & Bertani, 2017: 138
• Avicularia rutilans Ausserer, 1875 (synonymized by Fukushima & Bertani, 2017: 139)
  • Type locality: N. Granada.
    • Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. BMNH 1890.7.1.359

References

Primary references

• Walckenaer, C.A. 1837. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Histoire naturelle des Insects. Aptères 1: 1–682. BHL Reference page.  [for original description: see page 211]

Additional references

• Ausserer, A. 1875. Zweiter Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autor). Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 25: 125–206. Reference page.  [see 184, pl. 7, f. 34]
• 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. 

Vernacular names

English: Antilles Pinktoe tarantula; Martinique pinktoe tarantula; Martinique red tree spider
Nederlands: Veelkleurige Boomspin
polski: Ptasznik Wielobarwny