Antillena

Antillena
Antillena rickwesti
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Clade:	Avicularioidea
Family:	Theraphosidae
Genus:	Antillena Bertani, Hiff & Fukushima, 2017 [1]
Type species
Avicularia rickwesti Bertani & Huff, 2013 [2]

Antillena is a genus of spiders belonging to the family Theraphosidae, the tarantulas and related spiders. The species in this genus are endemic to the island of Hispaniola.

Species

Antillena contains the following species: ^{[3] [4]}

• Antillena miguelangeli de los Santos & Bertani, 2024
• Antillena rickwesti (Bertrani & Huff, 2013)

References

1. "Gen. Antillena Bertani, Hiff & Fukushima, 2017", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2017-03-10
2. 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, Bibcode:2017ZooK..659....1F, doi: 10.3897/zookeys.659.10717 , PMC   5345366 , PMID   28331414
3. Santos, G.D.L. & Bertani, R. (2024). "A new species of the Hispaniolan endemic genus Antillena Bertani, Huff and Fukushima, 2017 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Aviculariinae), with notes on the natural history of the genus". Zootaxa. 5493 (4): 419–430. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5493.4.7.
4. 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.