Antillena

Antillena
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Theraphosidae
Genus:	Antillena; Bertani, Hiff & Fukushima, 2017
Species:	A. rickwesti
Binomial name
	Antillena rickwesti; (Bertani & Huff, 2013)
Synonyms
	Avicularia rickwesti Bertani & Huff, 2013;

Antillena is a genus of spiders in the family Theraphosidae (tarantulas). As of March 2017, the genus contained a single species, Antillena rickwesti, found in the Dominican Republic.^[1]

Taxonomy[]

The species was first described in 2013 by Rogério Bertani and , as Avicularia rickwesti.^[1]^[2] Only the female was known. The specific name recognizes the contributions to the study of the family Theraphosidae by Rick C. West. At the time of description, it was noted that the species was "very distinct" from others in the genus Avicularia, but no alternative generic placement seemed better.^[2] A phylogenetic study published in 2017 suggested that the species was sufficiently distinct from Avicularia to be placed in a separate new genus, Antillena. The generic name refers to the Antilles, where the species' only known locality, the Dominican Republic, is located.^[3]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Gen. Antillena Bertani, Hiff & Fukushima, 2017", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2017-03-10
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b 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
^ 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, Suppl. 1–5, doi:10.3897/zookeys.659.10717, PMC 5345366, PMID 28331414

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[WSC_g5595-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Gen. Antillena Bertani, Hiff & Fukushima, 2017", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2017-03-10

[BertHuff13-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b 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

[FukuBert17-3] 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, Suppl. 1–5, doi:10.3897/zookeys.659.10717, PMC 5345366, PMID 28331414

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