Avicularia merianae Fukushima & Bertani, 2017

Described by Rogério Bertani, Caroline Sayuri Fukushima

♀ Female described ♂ Male described

Female

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Original Description

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.

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Distribution

Peru

Type Locality: San Martín: Tarapoto, 830m a.s.l

Adult Male Activity

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

Adult males collected

All 2 were collected in June 1947, so the bars show when collecting took place, not when males are active.

Mean monthly rainfall and temperature 2001–2020 near the type locality, San Martín: Tarapoto, 830m a.s.l. MERRA-2 via NASA POWER, for a grid cell averaging 1168 m. Wet and dry seasons, from the rainfall at the locality itself.

Etymology

It was named after Maria Sybilla Merian, the German-born naturalist who drew the famous engraving of a specimen of Avicularia eating a bird, in recognition to her importance for Natural Sciences.

Specimen Records (8)

AMNH Pe102 ♂ Paratype Peru

Peru, department of San Martín, Hara, 20 miles SE from Moyobamba

June 1947 · col. F. Woytkowski

Also 1 female and 3 immatures paratypes

AMNH Pe112 juvenile Peru

Rio Huallaga

December 1946 · col. J. C. Pallister

1 immature male

AMNH Pe106 ♀ Peru

PERU: San Martín: Tarapoto , 830 m a.s.l

February 1947 · col. F. Woytkowski

AMNH Pe108 juvenile Peru

PERU: San Martín: Tarapoto , 830 m a.s.l

February 1947 · col. F. Woytkowski

15 immatures, 1 spiderling

AMNH Pe104 ♀ Peru

Ekin, west of Tarapoto, 1 young female, under fallen tree, 890 m a.s.l.

March 1947 · col. F. Woytkowski

AMNH Pe107 juvenile Peru

Ekin, west of Tarapoto, 1 young female, under fallen tree, 890 m a.s.l.

March 1947 · col. F. Woytkowski

1 immature male, under fallen bark

AMNH Pe98 ♂ Peru

Moyobamba, Hara, 20 miles southeast of Moyobamba

June 1947 · col. F. Woytkowski

1 immature male, under fallen bark

AMNH Pe103, Pe100, Pe53, Pe99, Pe101 ♀ Peru

Moyobamba, Hara, 20 miles southeast of Moyobamba

June 1947 · col. F. Woytkowski

12 females, 3 juvenile females, 22 immatures, 1 spiderling

Bibliography (1)

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