NEW SPECIES: Avicularia rickwesti BERTANI & HUFF, 2013

[Michael Jacobi]

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

I was always curious to know when Rick West would get a species named after him. Glad it's finally happened.

 

[Protectyaaaneck]

Beautiful species! Congrats to Rick West!

 

[Kodi]

Beautiful! Having a species named after myself would be pretty amazing!

 

[freedumbdclxvi]

Lovely ladies. Cannot wait to see what the male looks like.

 

[Michael Jacobi]

I was always curious to know when Rick West would get a species named after him. Glad it's finally happened.

Actually Andrew Smith named Phoneyusa westi after Rick in 1990.

 

[ANewExistence]

Lovely ladies. Cannot wait to see what the male looks like.

The footnote on Figure 13 says "early antepenultimate immature". Shouldn't that be a male?

 

[Hobo]

The footnote on Figure 13 says "early antepenultimate immature". Shouldn't that be a male?

Not necessarily. It just means it's an immature, a few molts before adulthood; They don't know what sex it is.
An ultimate molt is the molt when they reach maturity, regardless of sex.
So, females have an ultimate molt as well, but they don't have a drastic change like males do, and continue to molt after that.

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Discussion of "ultimate molts" moved here: http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?250999-The-term-quot-Ultimate-molt-quot

 

[freedumbdclxvi]

The footnote on Figure 13 says "early antepenultimate immature". Shouldn't that be a male?

All pics are female. The description itself indicates no males of this species have been found.

 

[Storm76]

First Avic species I see that lives in a dry habitat...very interesting! Thanks for sharing!

 

[Martin H.]

...and it is already available in the pet trade. Females with about 3 cm go for 180 EUR.

 

[Kazaam]

First Avic species I see that lives in a dry habitat

Other avicularias don't exactly live humid either.

Other than that, I've already seen this species for sale, German breeders etc.
Males currently go for around 150-170, females for 180-200, breeding pairs are around 350 to 400.

 

[Martin H.]

Other than that, I've already seen this species for sale, German breeders etc.

...but collected by a guy from Switzerland...

 

[Kazaam]

...but collected by a guy from Switzerland...

That's what Germans want you to think.

 

[Martin H.]

That's what Germans want you to think.

???

...do you have doubts or do you know it better?

 

[Kazaam]

???

...do you have doubts or do you know it better?

I have my doubts about that as they're already available from multiple people, in pairs even...

 

[Martin H.]

I have my doubts about that as they're already available from multiple people, in pairs even...

so you think, several people went there to collect them!? Not possible, that they bought them from the original "importer" or one of his salesmen?

You are free to have your opinion! =;-)

BTW, last Saturday I spoke to the main salesman in Germany of the mentioned swiss guy...

 

[metallica]

bloody Dutch think they know everything