Antikuna | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Theraphosidae |
Genus: | Antikuna Kaderka, Ferretti, West, Lüddecke & Hüsser, 2021[1] |
Type species | |
A. cernickai Kaderka, Ferretti & Lüddecke, 2021
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Species | |
7, see text |
Antikuna is a genus of South American tarantulas. It was first described by Radan Kaderka, N. Ferretti and M. Hüsser in 2021,[2] and it has only been found in Peru.[1]
Species
As of April 2022 it contains seven species:[1]
- A. cernickai Kaderka, Ferretti & Lüddecke, 2021 (type) – Peru
- A. cimrmani Kaderka, Ferretti & Hüsser, 2021 – Peru
- A. cyanofemur Kaderka, Ferretti & Hüsser, 2021 – Peru
- A. majkusi Kaderka, Ferretti & Lüddecke, 2021 – Peru
- A. sapallanga Kaderka, Ferretti & Lüddecke, 2021 – Peru
- A. urayrumi Ferretti, Kaderka & West, 2021 – Peru
- A. valladaresi Ferretti, Kaderka & West, 2021 – Peru
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Gen. Antikuna Kaderka, Ferretti, West, Lüddecke & Hüsser, 2021". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
- ^ Kaderka, R.; Ferretti, N.; Hüsser, M.; et al. (2021). "Antikuna, a new genus with seven new species from Peru (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae) and the highest altitude record for the family". Journal of Natural History. 55 (21–22): 1335–1402. doi:10.1080/00222933.2021.1936680.