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Caribena

Caribena
Subadult female Caribena versicolor in captivity
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Caribena
Fukushima & Bertani, 2017[1]
Type species
Caribena laeta
(C. L. Koch, 1842)
Species

2, see text

Caribena is a genus of spiders in the family Theraphosidae (tarantulas), found in the Antilles. The two species accepted as of March 2017 were formerly placed in Avicularia.[1] Apart from a different distribution – Avicularia species are found in mainland South and Central America – Caribena is distinguished by having longer and thinner type II urticating hairs in a conspicuous patch on the upper surface of the abdomen. Males also have a differently shaped palpal bulb.[2]

  1. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference WSC_g5593 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference FukuBert17 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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