Caribena laeta

Caribena laeta
Female
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Caribena
Species:
C. laeta
Binomial name
Caribena laeta
(C.L. Koch, 1842)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Mygale laeta C.L. Koch, 1842
  • Mygale caesia C.L. Koch, 1842
  • Typhochlaena caesia (C.L. Koch, 1842)
  • Avicularia caesia (C.L. Koch, 1842)
  • Avicularia laeta (C.L. Koch, 1842)

Caribena laeta is a species of spider in the family Theraphosidae, found in the US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and Cuba,[1] the last dubiously according to Caroline Fukushima and Rogério Bertani in 2017.[2] It was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1842 under the name Mygale laeta.

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