Antikuna (spider)

Antikuna
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Antikuna
Kaderka, Ferretti, West, Lüddecke & Hüsser, 2021
Type species
A. cernickai
Kaderka, Ferretti & Lüddecke, 2021
Species

7, see text

Antikuna is a genus of South American tarantulas. It was first described by Radan Kaderka, N. Ferretti and M. Hüsser in 2021, and it has only been found in Peru. The species of this genus live at the highest recorded altitude for the theraphosidae family, with a record of an altitude of 4,689 meters. family