Caribena laeta

Caribena laeta

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: Caribena
Species: Caribena laeta

Name

Caribena laeta (Koch, 1842)

Type locality: Puerto Rico.

Lectotype: ZMB. female ♀. legit Moritz. ZMB 2045.

Synonymy

• Mygale laeta Carl Ludwig Koch, 1842: 66
• Avicularia laeta (Koch): F.O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896: 744.
• Caribena laeta (Koch): Fukushima & Bertani, 2017: 132
• Mygale caesia Carl Ludwig Koch, 1842: 83 (synonymized by Fukushima & Bertani, 2017: 132).
• Typhochlaena caesia (Koch): Carl Ludwig Koch, 1850: 75.
• Avicularia caesia (Koch): Simon, 1892: 171.

References

Primary references

• Koch, C.L. 1842. Die Arachniden. Nürnberg, Neunter Band, pp. 57-108, Zehnter Band, pp. 1-36. Reference page. 

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. 

Vernacular names

English: Puerto Rican Pinktoe