Avicularia purpurea

Avicularia purpurea

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: Avicularia
Species: Avicularia purpurea

Name

Avicularia purpurea Kirk, 1990

Type locality: Ecuador, Tena, 0°58'S, 77°48'W, 500 m..

Holotype: BMNH. female ♀. 1989. legit H. Hirschi . BMNH 1990.5.22.1.

References

• Kirk, P.J. 1990. Avicularia purpurea, a new species of theraphosid spider from Ecuador. British Tarantula Society Journal, 6(1): 15-19. 

Additional references

• 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. 

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