Magnacarina

Magnacarina is a genus of spiders in the family Theraphosidae. It was first described in 2016 by Mendoza, Locht, Kaderka, Medina & Pérez-Miles. As of 2017, it contains 4 species.[1]

Magnacarina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Magnacarina
Mendoza et al., 2016[1][2]
Type species
Hapalopus aldanus
West, 2000
Species
  • Magnacarina aldana (West, 2000)[3]
  • Magnacarina cancer Mendoza & Locht, 2016[2]
  • Magnacarina moderata Locht, Mendoza & Medina, 2016[2]
  • Magnacarina primaverensis Mendoza & Locht, 2016[2]

References

  1. "Theraphosidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-03-22.
  2. Mendoza, Jorge I.; Locht, Arturo; Kaderka, Radan; Medina, Francisco; Pérez-Miles, Fernando (2016). "A new genus of Theraphosid spider from Mexico, with a particular palpal bulb structure (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Theraphosinae)". European Journal of Taxonomy. 232: 1–28. doi:10.5852/ejt.2016.232.
  3. West, Rick C. (2000). "Some New Theraphosids from Western Mexico (Araneae, Mygalomorphae)". The Southwestern Naturalist. 45 (3): 299–305. JSTOR 3672832.


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