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Genus of spiders
Acanthoscurria is a
genus of
tarantulas that was first described by
Anton Ausserer in 1871.
[3] They are found throughout
South America including the countries of
Argentina ,
Bolivia ,
Brazil ,
Ecuador ,
French Guiana ,
Guyana ,
Paraguay ,
Peru ,
Suriname and
Venezuela , plus into the Windward Islands
West Indies , .
Diagnosis
The main way they can be distinguished based on an organ found on the posterior trochanter of the
pedipalp , and anterior trochanter of leg used for
stridulating . But they can also be distinguished based on the
palpal bulb and the tibial apophysis morphology.
[4]
Species
As of July 2022
[update] , it contains eighteen species, found in
South America and the
West Indies :
[1]
Acanthoscurria belterrensis Paula, Gabriel, Indicatti,
Brescovit & Lucas, 2014 –
Brazil
Acanthoscurria chacoana Brèthes, 1909 – Brazil,
Bolivia ,
Paraguay , Argentina
Acanthoscurria cordubensis
Thorell , 1894 – Argentina
Acanthoscurria geniculata (C. L. Koch, 1841) (
type ) – Brazil
Acanthoscurria gomesiana
Mello-Leitão , 1923 – Brazil
Acanthoscurria insubtilis
Simon , 1892 – Bolivia, Brazil
Acanthoscurria juruenicola Mello-Leitão, 1923 – Brazil
Acanthoscurria maga Simon, 1892 –
South America
Acanthoscurria musculosa Simon, 1892 – Bolivia
Acanthoscurria natalensis
Chamberlin , 1917 – Brazil
Acanthoscurria paulensis Mello-Leitão, 1923 – Brazil
Acanthoscurria rhodothele Mello-Leitão, 1923 – Brazil
Acanthoscurria sacsayhuaman Ferretti, Ochoa & Chaparro, 2016 –
Peru
Acanthoscurria simoensi Vol, 2000 –
French Guiana , Brazil
Acanthoscurria tarda Pocock, 1903 – Brazil
Acanthoscurria theraphosoides (
Doleschall , 1871) – Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana
Acanthoscurria turumban Rodríguez-Manzanilla &
Bertani , 2010 –
Venezuela
Acanthoscurria urens Vellard, 1924 – Brazil
Nomina Dubia
Acanthoscurria convexa (C. L. Koch, 1842) -
Brazil
Acanthoscurria cunhae Mello-Leitão, 1923 -
Brazil
Acanthoscurria melanotheria Mello-Leitão , 1923 -
Brazil
Acanthoscurria minor Ausserer, 1871 -
Guyana
Acanthoscurria proxima (Mello-Leitão, 1923) -
Brazil
In synonymy:
A. abnormis Ibarra, 1954 =
Acanthoscurria insubtilis
A. altmanni Schmidt, 2003 =
Acanthoscurria chacoana
A. antillensis Pocock, 1903 =
Acanthoscurria maga
A. atrox Vellard, 1924 =
Acanthoscurria paulensis
A. aurita Piza, 1939 =
Acanthoscurria gomesiana
A. bollei Schmidt, 2005 =
Acanthoscurria cordubensis
A. borealis Schmidt & Peters, 2005 =
Acanthoscurria cordubensis
A. brocklehursti F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 =
Acanthoscurria theraphosoides
A. chiracantha Mello-Leitão, 1923 =
Acanthoscurria natalensis
A. cursor Chamberlin, 1917 =
Acanthoscurria natalensis
A. ferina Simon, 1892 =
Acanthoscurria theraphosoides
A. fracta Chamberlin, 1917 =
Acanthoscurria natalensis
A. gigantea Tullgren, 1905 =
Acanthoscurria muscolosa
A. guaxupe Piza, 1972 =
Acanthoscurria paulensis
A. hirsutissimasterni Schmidt, 2007 =
Acanthoscurria musculosa
A. lycosoides (Tullgren, 1905) =
Acanthoscurria theraphosoides
A. parahybana Mello-Leitão, 1926 =
Acanthoscurria natalensis
A. parvitarsis (Simon, 1903) =
Acanthoscurria theraphosoides
A. pheopygus (Mello-Leitão, 1923) =
Acanthoscurria gomesiana
A. pugnax Vellard, 1924 =
Acanthoscurria gomesiana
A. rondoniae Mello-Leitão, 1923 =
Acanthoscurria natalensis
A. hirsutissimasterni Schmidt, 2007 =
Acanthoscurria musculosa
A. substernalis Strand, 1907 =
Acanthoscurria musculosa
A. suina Pocock, 1903 =
Acanthoscurria cordubensis
A. transamazonica Piza, 1972 =
Acanthoscurria geniculata
A. violacea Mello-Leitão, 1923 =
Acanthoscurria gomesiana
A. xinguensis Timotheo, 1960 =
Acanthoscurria juruenicola
A. zorodes (Mello-Leitão, 1923) =
Acanthoscurria gomesiana
Transferred to other Genera
See also
References