Acanthoscurria

Acanthoscurria is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871.[3]

Acanthoscurria
Acanthoscurria juruenicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Acanthoscurria
Ausserer, 1871[1]
Type species
A. geniculata
(C. L. Koch, 1841)
Species

27, see text

Synonyms[1]

Species

As of December 2019 it contains twenty-seven species, found in South America, Central America, and the West Indies:[1]

  • Acanthoscurria antillensis Pocock, 1903Lesser Antilles
  • Acanthoscurria belterrensis Paula, Gabriel, Indicatti, Brescovit & Lucas, 2014Brazil
  • Acanthoscurria bollei Schmidt, 2005Argentina, Uruguay
  • Acanthoscurria borealis Schmidt & Peters, 2005Guatemala
  • Acanthoscurria chacoana Brèthes, 1909 – Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina
  • Acanthoscurria convexa (C. L. Koch, 1842) – Brazil
  • Acanthoscurria cordubensis Thorell, 1894 – Argentina
  • Acanthoscurria geniculata (C. L. Koch, 1841) (type) – Brazil
  • Acanthoscurria gomesiana Mello-Leitão, 1923 – Brazil
  • Acanthoscurria hirsutissimasterni Schmidt, 2007 – Argentina
  • Acanthoscurria insubtilis Simon, 1892 – Bolivia, Brazil
  • Acanthoscurria juruenicola Mello-Leitão, 1923 – Brazil
  • Acanthoscurria maga Simon, 1892South America
  • Acanthoscurria minor Ausserer, 1871Guyana
  • Acanthoscurria musculosa Simon, 1892 – Bolivia
  • Acanthoscurria natalensis Chamberlin, 1917 – Brazil
  • Acanthoscurria paulensis Mello-Leitão, 1923 – Brazil
  • Acanthoscurria proxima (Mello-Leitão, 1923) – Brazil
  • Acanthoscurria rhodothele Mello-Leitão, 1923 – Brazil
  • Acanthoscurria sacsayhuaman Ferretti, Ochoa & Chaparro, 2016Peru
  • Acanthoscurria simoensi Vol, 2000French Guiana, Brazil
  • Acanthoscurria sternalis Pocock, 1903 – Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina
  • Acanthoscurria suina Pocock, 1903 – Argentina, Uruguay
  • Acanthoscurria tarda Pocock, 1903 – Brazil
  • Acanthoscurria theraphosoides (Doleschall, 1871) – Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana
  • Acanthoscurria turumban Rodríguez-Manzanilla & Bertani, 2010Venezuela
  • Acanthoscurria urens Vellard, 1924 – Brazil

In synonymy:

  • A. abnormis Ibarra, 1954 = Acanthoscurria insubtilis Simon, 1892
  • A. altmanni Schmidt, 2003 = Acanthoscurria chacoana Brèthes, 1909
  • A. atrox Vellard, 1924 = Acanthoscurria paulensis Mello-Leitão, 1923
  • A. aurita Piza, 1939 = Acanthoscurria gomesiana Mello-Leitão, 1923
  • A. brocklehursti F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 = Acanthoscurria theraphosoides (Doleschall, 1871)
  • A. chiracantha Mello-Leitão, 1923 = Acanthoscurria natalensis Chamberlin, 1917
  • A. cursor Chamberlin, 1917 = Acanthoscurria natalensis Chamberlin, 1917
  • A. ferina Simon, 1892 = Acanthoscurria theraphosoides (Doleschall, 1871)
  • A. fracta Chamberlin, 1917 = Acanthoscurria natalensis Chamberlin, 1917
  • A. gigantea Tullgren, 1905 = Acanthoscurria sternalis Pocock, 1903
  • A. guaxupe Piza, 1972 = Acanthoscurria paulensis Mello-Leitão, 1923
  • A. lycosoides (Tullgren, 1905) = Acanthoscurria theraphosoides (Doleschall, 1871)
  • A. parahybana Mello-Leitão, 1926 = Acanthoscurria natalensis Chamberlin, 1917
  • A. parvitarsis (Simon, 1903) = Acanthoscurria theraphosoides (Doleschall, 1871)
  • A. pheopygus (Mello-Leitão, 1923) = Acanthoscurria gomesiana Mello-Leitão, 1923
  • A. pugnax Vellard, 1924 = Acanthoscurria gomesiana Mello-Leitão, 1923
  • A. rondoniae Mello-Leitão, 1923 = Acanthoscurria natalensis Chamberlin, 1917
  • A. substernalis Strand, 1907 = Acanthoscurria sternalis Pocock, 1903
  • A. transamazonica Piza, 1972 = Acanthoscurria geniculata (C. L. Koch, 1841)
  • A. violacea Mello-Leitão, 1923 = Acanthoscurria gomesiana Mello-Leitão, 1923
  • A. xinguensis Timotheo, 1960 = Acanthoscurria juruenicola Mello-Leitão, 1923
  • A. zorodes (Mello-Leitão, 1923) = Acanthoscurria gomesiana Mello-Leitão, 1923

See also

References

  1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2020). "Gen. Acanthoscurria Ausserer, 1871". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  2. Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 159.
  3. Ausserer, A. (1871). "Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autor)". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 21: 117–224.


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