Reichlingia is a monotypic genus of Central American tarantulas containing the single species, Reichlingia annae. The genus was first described in 2001,[2] and has only been found in Belize.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Reichlingia Rudloff, 2001[1] |
| Species: | R. annae
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| Binomial name | |
| Reichlingia annae (Reichling, 1997)[1]
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Acanthopelma annae Reichling, 1997 | |
Originally placed with the brushed trapdoor spiders, it was moved to the tarantula family in 2014,[3] and is a member of the Ischnocolinae subfamily.[4] The sole species was originally described by Steven B. Reichling as Acanthopelma annae, but was changed to Reichlingia annae when it was transferred to this genus in 2001.[2] It is named after Reichling's wife Ann, who helped with the arachnological investigation.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Gen. Reichlingia Rudloff, 2001". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ a b c Rudloff, J.-P. (2001). "Anmerkungen zur systematischen Stellung von Acanthopelma rufescens F.O.P.-Cambridge, 1897 und Acanthopelma annae Reichling, 1997 (Ischnocolinae: Theraphosidae: Mygalomorphae), sowie die Einrichtung einer neuen Gattung Reichlingia gen. nov. (Mygalomorphae: Barychelidae: Trichopelmatinae)". Arthropoda. 9 (3): 14–20.
- ^ Guadanucci, J. P. L. (2014). "Theraphosidae phylogeny: relationships of the 'Ischnocolinae' genera (Araneae, Mygalomorphae)". Zoologica Scripta. 43 (5): 514. doi:10.1111/zsc.12065. S2CID 86484123.
- ^ "Ischnocolinae". Tarantupedia. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Reichlingia annae (Reichling, 1997)". Tarantupedia. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
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