Antillena rickwesti Bertani & Huff, 2013

Described by Rogério Bertani, Jeremy Huff

♀ Female described

Female

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Original Description

Bertani, R. & Huff, J. (2013). Avicularia rickwesti sp.nov, a remarkable new species of Avicularia (Theraphosidae:Aviculariinae) from Dominican Republic. Zoologia 30(3): 333-337.

Distribution

Dominican Republic

Type Locality: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, Pedernales Province: Parque Nacional Jaragua, track into park (unmarked) between Manuell Goa and Oviedo

Adult Male Activity

Collection months of 2 adult male specimen records, against the rainfall where they live

Adult males collected

Mean monthly rainfall and temperature 2001–2020 near where these males were collected, Dominican Republic. MERRA-2 via NASA POWER, for a grid cell averaging 174 m. Wet and dry seasons, from the rainfall at the locality itself.

Etymology

The specific name is a patronym in recognition of the contribution to taxonomy and biology of theraphosids done by Rick C. West.

Specimen Records (13)

MNHNSD 09.1735 ♀ Dominican Republic

Hoyo de Pelempito, Sierra de Bahoruco National Park, 391 m, Pedernales

June 2012 · col. G. de los Santos

New record of Antillena rickwesti; collected 20-24 June 2012.

MNHNSD 09.1734 ♀ Dominican Republic

Los Limones, camino al Hoyo de Pelempito, 760 m, Barahona

June 2012 · col. N. Navarro & G. de los Santos

New record of Antillena rickwesti.

NMPC P6A 6062 ♂ Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic, Pedernales province, Oviedo, Los Tres Charcos

March 2014 · col. F. Kovařík, R. Teruel & P. Kindl

found in dry semicaducifolious forest growing on karstic soil

MNHNSD 09.1737 ♀ Dominican Republic

Baní, Honduras, Monte Bonito, 671 m, Peravia

January 2021 · col. M. A. Landestoy & G. de los Santos

New record of Antillena rickwesti.

MNHNSD 09.1738 ♀ Dominican Republic

Baní, Honduras, Monte Bonito, 671 m, Peravia

January 2021 · col. M. A. Landestoy & G. de los Santos

New record of Antillena rickwesti.

MNHNSD 09.1722 ♀ Dominican Republic

Loma El Curro, Sierra Martín García National Park, 901 m, Barahona

November 2021 · col. C. Marte & G. de los Santos

New record of Antillena rickwesti.

MNHNSD 09.1723 ♀ Dominican Republic

Loma El Curro, Sierra Martín García National Park, 901 m, Barahona

November 2021 · col. C. Marte & G. de los Santos

New record of Antillena rickwesti.

MNHNSD 09.1724 ♀ Dominican Republic

Loma El Curro, Sierra Martín García National Park, 901 m, Barahona

November 2021 · col. C. Marte & G. de los Santos

New record of Antillena rickwesti.

MNHNSD 09.1727 ♂ Dominican Republic

Loma El Curro, Sierra Martín García National Park, 840 m, Barahona

November 2021 · col. C. Marte & G. de los Santos

New record of Antillena rickwesti. The paper lists "1 male 1 female 2 females" for MNHNSD 09.1727, 09.1726, 09.1725; sexes here follow the printed order.

MNHNSD 09.1726 ♀ Dominican Republic

Loma El Curro, Sierra Martín García National Park, 840 m, Barahona

November 2021 · col. C. Marte & G. de los Santos

New record of Antillena rickwesti.

MNHNSD 09.1725 ♀ Dominican Republic

Loma El Curro, Sierra Martín García National Park, 840 m, Barahona

November 2021 · col. C. Marte & G. de los Santos

New record of Antillena rickwesti; two females under this number per the printed sequence "1 male 1 female 2 females".

MNHNSD 09.1739 ♀ Dominican Republic

Las Charcas, Francisco Alberto Caamaño Deñó National Park, 76 m, Azua

November 2021 · col. C. Marte & G. de los Santos

New record of Antillena rickwesti.

MNHNSD 09.1740 ♀ Dominican Republic

Las Charcas, Francisco Alberto Caamaño Deñó National Park, 76 m, Azua

November 2021 · col. C. Marte & G. de los Santos

New record of Antillena rickwesti.

Genitalia

Bibliography (2)

Bertani, R. & Huff, J. (2013). Avicularia rickwesti sp.nov, a remarkable new species of Avicularia (Theraphosidae:Aviculariinae) from Dominican Republic. Zoologia 30(3): 333-337.

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.