Reichlingia

Reichlingia is a monotypic genus of Central American tarantulas containing the single species, Reichlingia annae. The genus was first described in 2001,[2] and has only been found in Belize.[1]

Reichlingia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Reichlingia
Rudloff, 2001[1]
Species:
R. annae
Binomial name
Reichlingia annae
(Reichling, 1997)[1]
Synonyms[2]

Acanthopelma annae Reichling, 1997

Originally placed with the brushed trapdoor spiders, it was moved to the tarantula family in 2014,[3] and is a member of the Ischnocolinae subfamily.[4] The sole species was originally described by Steven B. Reichling as Acanthopelma annae, but was changed to Reichlingia annae when it was transferred to this genus in 2001.[2] It is named after Reichling's wife Ann, who helped with the arachnological investigation.[5]

References
  1. "Gen. Reichlingia Rudloff, 2001". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  2. Rudloff, J.-P. (2001). "Anmerkungen zur systematischen Stellung von Acanthopelma rufescens F.O.P.-Cambridge, 1897 und Acanthopelma annae Reichling, 1997 (Ischnocolinae: Theraphosidae: Mygalomorphae), sowie die Einrichtung einer neuen Gattung Reichlingia gen. nov. (Mygalomorphae: Barychelidae: Trichopelmatinae)". Arthropoda. 9 (3): 14–20.
  3. Guadanucci, J. P. L. (2014). "Theraphosidae phylogeny: relationships of the 'Ischnocolinae' genera (Araneae, Mygalomorphae)". Zoologica Scripta. 43 (5): 514. doi:10.1111/zsc.12065.
  4. "Ischnocolinae". Tarantupedia. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  5. "Reichlingia annae (Reichling, 1997)". Tarantupedia. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
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