Caribena
| Caribena | |
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| Subadult female Caribena versicolor in captivity
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Scientific classification 
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| 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)
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| Species | |
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Caribena is a
Theraphosidae (tarantulas), found in the Antilles. The two species accepted as of March 2017[update] 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]
Diagnostic
They own type 2 urticating hairs, which are very slender, on a clearly visible area of the opisthosoma. These hairs being longer than 1mm. And males can also be distinguished by the sharp spine like "process" in the retrolateral face of the cymbium.[3]
Taxonomy
The genus was erected in 2017 by
retrolateral lobe of the cymbium of the palpal bulb.[2]
Species
As of July 2022[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species, both transferred from the genus Avicularia:[1]
- Caribena laeta (C.L. Koch, 1842) – Puerto Rico, Cuba, US Virgin Islands
- Caribena versicolor (Walckenaer, 1837) – Martinique
In synonymy
- Caribena caesia (C. L. Koch, 1842) = Caribena laeta
- Caribena rutilans (Ausserer, 1875) = Caribena versicolor
Gallery
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Female Caribena laeta; arrow marks urticating hairs -
Male Caribena laeta -
Immature Caribena laeta -
Caribena versicolorfemale -
ImmatureCaribena versicolor
References
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