Euathlus affinis
| Euathlus affinis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Euathlus |
| Species: | E. affinis |
| Binomial name | |
| Euathlus affinis (Nicolet, 1849)[1] | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Euathlus affinis is a species of spider belonging to the family Theraphosidae (tarantulas). It is native to Chile.[1]
Taxonomy
The species was first described in 1849 as Mygale affinis. However, Mygale had been used previously for a genus of mammals, and the correct name for the genus is Avicularia,[2] making this species Avicularia affinis. It was subsequently transferred to Brachypelma in 1936 and then to Euathlus in 2017.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "Taxon details Euathlus affinis (Nicolet, 1849)", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2017-03-08
- ^ 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, Bibcode:2017ZooK..659....1F, doi:10.3897/zookeys.659.10717, PMC 5345366, PMID 28331414