Avicularia lynnae

Avicularia lynnae is a species of spiders in the family Theraphosidae, found in Ecuador and Peru. It was first described in 2017.[1] The specific name refers to Lynn West, wife of mygalomorph expert Rick C. West.[2]

Avicularia lynnae
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Avicularia
Species:
A. lynnae
Binomial name
Avicularia lynnae
Fukushima & Bertani, 2017[1]

References

  1. "Taxon details Avicularia lynnae Fukushima & Bertani, 2017", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2017-03-13
  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, doi:10.3897/zookeys.659.10717, PMC 5345366, PMID 28331414


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