Antillena miguelangeli Santos & Bertani, 2024

Described by Rogério Bertani, Gabriel de los Santos

♀ Female described ♂ Male described
Female Female © Cristian Marte, in Santos & Bertani (2024)

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Bibliography

Santos, G. de los & Bertani, R. (2024). A new species of the Hispaniolan endemic genus Antillena Bertani, Huff and Fukushima, 2017 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Aviculariinae), with notes on the natural history of the genus. Zootaxa 5493 (4): 419-430.

Distribution

Dominican Republic

Type Locality: Mao, Los Quemados, Refugio de vida silvestre El Cañón del río Gurabo, Valverde province, 180 m

Adult Male Activity

Collection months of 1 adult male specimen record

Etymology

The specific name is a patronym in honor of the Dominican herpetologist Miguel Ángel Landestoy, for his contributions to the knowledge of Antillena's distribution.

Specimen Records (6)

MNHNSD 09.1729 ♂ Holotype Dominican Republic

Mao, Los Quemados, Refugio de vida silvestre El Cañón del río Gurabo, 180 m, Valverde

November 2020 · col. C. Marte & G. de los Santos

Holotype male of Antillena miguelangeli; collected inside a silk-covered burrow on a tree, at around 21:00 hrs.

MNHNSD 09.1728 ♀ Paratype Dominican Republic

Mao, Los Quemados, Refugio de vida silvestre El Cañón del río Gurabo, 180 m, Valverde

November 2020 · col. C. Marte & G. de los Santos

Paratype female of Antillena miguelangeli; same collecting data as the holotype.

MNHNSD 09.1730 ♀ Dominican Republic

Mao, Los Quemados, Refugio de vida silvestre El Cañón del río Gurabo, 180 m, Valverde

September 2018 · col. C. Marte & G. de los Santos

Other material examined of Antillena miguelangeli.

MNHNSD 09.1731 ♀ Dominican Republic

Mao, Los Quemados, Refugio de vida silvestre El Cañón del río Gurabo, 180 m, Valverde

September 2018 · col. C. Marte & G. de los Santos

Other material examined of Antillena miguelangeli.

MNHNSD 09.1732 ♀ Dominican Republic

Mao, Los Quemados, Refugio de vida silvestre El Cañón del río Gurabo, 174 m, Valverde

May 2018 · col. C. Marte & G. de los Santos

Other material examined of Antillena miguelangeli.

MNHNSD 09.1733 ♀ Dominican Republic

Mao, Los Quemados, Refugio de vida silvestre El Cañón del río Gurabo, 174 m, Valverde

May 2018 · col. C. Marte & G. de los Santos

Other material examined of Antillena miguelangeli.