Avicularia rickwesti sp. nov., a remarkable new species of Avicularia (Theraphosidae: Aviculariinae) from Dominican Republic

Bertani, Rogério; Huff, Jeremy C.

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“…At first, it was included in Avicularia genus since its inclusion in other aviculariine genera has no support due to the combination of characters other than spermathecae. The completely aspinose legs, procurve first eye row, digitiform distal article of the posterior lateral spinnerets and presence of urticating setae type II on abdomen dorsum indicate the species should be included in either the Avicularia or Iridopelma genera (Bertani and Huff 2013). The authors included it in Avicularia due to biological features in common with Avicularia species and due to the fact that Iridopelma only occurs in Brazil (Bertani and Huff 2013).…”

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“…The completely aspinose legs, procurve first eye row, digitiform distal article of the posterior lateral spinnerets and presence of urticating setae type II on abdomen dorsum indicate the species should be included in either the Avicularia or Iridopelma genera (Bertani and Huff 2013). The authors included it in Avicularia due to biological features in common with Avicularia species and due to the fact that Iridopelma only occurs in Brazil (Bertani and Huff 2013). As it was a very distinct species, researchers were waiting to collect a male to confirm or reject the classification of Avicularia rickwesti comb.…”

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“…The last Avicularia species described was Avicularia rickwesti Bertani & Huff, 2013, a very distinct species endemic of the Dominican Republic (Bertani and Huff 2013). …”

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Taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of Avicularia Lamarck, 1818 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Aviculariinae) with description of three new aviculariine genera

Fukushima¹,

Bertani²

2017

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The genus Avicularia Lamarck, 1818 is revised and all species are rediagnosed. The type species, described as Aranea avicularia Linnaeus, 1758, is the oldest mygalomorph species described and its taxonomic history is extensive and confusing. Cladistic analyses using both equal and implied weights were carried out with a matrix of 46 taxa from seven theraphosid subfamilies, and 71 morphological and ecological characters. The optimal cladogram found with Piwe and concavity = 6 suggests Avicularia and Aviculariinae are monophyletic. Subfamily Aviculariinae includes Avicularia Lamarck, 1818, Typhochlaena C. L. Koch, 1850, Tapinauchenius Ausserer, 1871, Stromatopelma Karsch, 1881, Ephebopus Simon, 1892, Psalmopoeus Pocock, 1895, Heteroscodra Pocock, 1899, Iridopelma Pocock, 1901, Pachistopelma Pocock, 1901, Ybyrapora gen. n., Caribena gen. n., and Antillena gen. n. The clade is supported by well-developed scopulae on tarsi and metatarsi, greatly extended laterally. Avicularia synapomorphies are juveniles bearing black tarsi contrasting with other lighter articles; spermathecae with an accentuated outwards curvature medially, and male palpal bulb with embolus medial portion and tegulum’s margin form an acute angle in retrolateral view. Avicularia is composed of twelve species, including three new species: Avicularia avicularia (Linnaeus, 1818), Avicularia glauca Simon, 1891, Avicularia variegata (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) stat. n., Avicularia minatrix Pocock, 1903, Avicularia taunayi (Mello-Leitão, 1920), Avicularia juruensis Mello-Leitão, 1923, Avicularia rufa Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1945, Avicularia purpurea Kirk, 1990, Avicularia hirschii Bullmer et al. 2006, Avicularia merianae sp. n., Avicularia lynnae sp. n., and Avicularia caei sp. n.. Avicularia species are distributed throughout Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil. Three new genera are erected to accommodate former Avicularia species: Caribena gen. n., composed of Caribena laeta (C. L. Koch, 1842), comb. n. and Caribena versicolor (Walckenaer, 1837), comb. n.; Antillena gen. n., with a single species, Antillena rickwesti (Bertani & Huff, 2013), comb. n., both from the Caribbean; and Ybyrapora gen. n., composed of Ybyrapora sooretama (Bertani & Fukushima, 2009), comb. n., Ybyrapora gamba (Bertani & Fukushima, 2009), comb. n. and Ybyrapora diversipes (C. L. Koch, 1842), comb. n. from Brazilian rainforest. The subspecies Avicularia avicularia variegata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 is elevated to species status, resulting in the combination Avicularia variegata (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) stat. n.. The following new synonymies are established: Avicularia velutina Simon 1889, Avicularia exilis Strand, 1907, Avicularia ancylochyra Mello-Leitão, 1923, Avicularia cuminami Mello-Leitão, 1930, and Avicularia nigrotaeniata Mello-Leitão, 1940 are junior synonyms of Avicularia avicularia; Avicularia bicegoi Mello-Leitão, 1923 is a junior synonym of Avicularia var...

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Taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of Avicularia Lamarck, 1818 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Aviculariinae) with description of three new aviculariine genera

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2017

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“…For example, some of the species from the genera Acanthoscurria, Avicularia, Brachypelma and Lasiodora were clustered together in this study. Previous studies indicated that these species are morphologically similar (Figure 6) and therefore difficult to identify (West 2005;Ferretti et al 2011;Gonzalez-Filho et al 2012;Bertani and Huff 2013). The study by Turner et al (2017) explored the relationship between tarantula species of different tribes (e.g.…”

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“…Recent taxonomic revisions have been undertaken for the genera Pamphobeteus (Bertani et al 2008). Aphonopelma (Warriner 2008), Grammostola (Ferretti et al 2011), Avicularia (Bertani and Huff 2013) and Brachypelma (Mendoza et al 2017).…”

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Tarantulas (Araneae: Theraphosidae) in the pet trade in South Africa

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Lyle

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African Zoology

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This is the final version of the article that is published ahead of the print and online issue Keeping wild animals as pets has become a popular hobby that has increased around the world (Kopecký et al. 2013;Mori et al. 2017). Many of these species are traded for entertainment (da Nóbrega Alves et al. 2010), profit (van Wilgen et al. 2008Mori et al. 2017) and ornamentation (Murray et al. 2012;Kopecký et al. 2013). The internet has increased the opportunity for trade in live animals (Mendiratta et al. 2017). A range of taxa including spiders (Yen and Ro 2013; Hauke and Herzig 2017), amphibians (Measey et al. 2017), birds (Mori et al. 2017), small mammals (Lankau et al. 2017) and reptiles (van Wilgen et al. 2010) are frequently traded in this way. The pet trade has become an important pathway for the introduction of non-native species to new regions (van Wilgen et al. 2008; Hulme 2015; Measey et al. 2017; Mori et al. 2017). These pets may accidentally escape from captivity (Mazzotti and Harvey 2012), but the deliberate release of pets by owners is recognised as a major problem (Hulme 2015; Stringham and Lockwood 2018; Maceda-Veiga et al. 2019). Introduced pet species are released into the wild for several reasons, including aggressiveness, fear of zoonotic diseases, unwanted gifts (Padilla and Williams 2004; Reaser and Meyers 2007) or because they become too large to keep (Holmberg et al. 2015). Many species that escape, or are released, may be unable to survive and establish self-sustaining populations (Zenni and Nuñez 2013). However, those species that successfully establish and become invasive can have severe environmental and economic impacts (Nelufule et al. 2020;Shivambu et al. 2020aShivambu et al. , 2020b. Some of the species damage ecosystems (Martin and Coetzee 2011), compete for resources with native species (Mori et al. 2017;Nunes et al. 2017) and carry pathogens that threaten public health (Travis et al. 2011) and agriculture (Witmer andHall 2011;Gibson and Yong 2017), and cause biodiversity loss (Engeman et al. 2007;Faulkes 2010).A recent review by Lockwood et al. (2019) highlights the urgent necessity to understand better how the exotic pet trade contributes to invasions in order to devise strategies to limit its harmful impacts. An important predictor of whether a species is likely to become invasive in a new region is its history of invasion elsewhere (Hulme 2012),

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Communication and Reproductive Biology of Tarantulas

Ferretti¹

2020

New World Tarantulas

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Avicularia rickwesti sp. nov., a remarkable new species of Avicularia (Theraphosidae: Aviculariinae) from Dominican Republic

Cited by 6 publications

References 3 publications

Taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of Avicularia Lamarck, 1818 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Aviculariinae) with description of three new aviculariine genera

Taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of Avicularia Lamarck, 1818 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Aviculariinae) with description of three new aviculariine genera

Tarantulas (Araneae: Theraphosidae) in the pet trade in South Africa

Communication and Reproductive Biology of Tarantulas

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