Acanthoscurria

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Mygalomorphae
Superfamilia: Theraphosoidea

Familia: Theraphosidae
Subfamilia: Theraphosinae
Genus: Acanthoscurria
Species: A. antillensis – A. belterrensis – A. bollei – A. borealis – A. chacoana – A. convexa – A. cordubensis – A. geniculata – A. gomesiana – A. hirsutissimasterni – A. insubtilis – A. juruenicola – A. maga – A. minor – A. musculosa – A. natalensis – A. paulensis – A. proxima – A. rhodothele – A. sacsayhuaman – A. simoensi – A. sternalis – A. suina – A. tarda – A. theraphosoides – A. turumban – A. urens
Name

Acanthoscurria Ausserer, 1871

Type species: Mygale geniculata C. L. Koch, 1841

gender: feminine
Synonyms

Trasyphoberus Simon, 1903 (synonymized by Raven, 1985: 159)

References

Paula, F. dos S. ; Gabriel, R. ; Indicatti, R.P. ; Brescovit, A.D. & Lucas, S.M., 2014: On the Brazilian Amazonian species of Acanthoscurria (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Zoologia, 31 (1): 63–80. Full article: [1].
Rodríguez-Manzanilla, C. & Bertani, R. 2010. Descripción de Acathoscurria turumban sp. nov. (Araneae: Theraphosidae) y primer registro del género para Venezuela. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomologica Aragonesa 46: 143-145. Reference page.

Links

Platnick, N. I. 2008. The World Spider Catalog, version 9.0. American Museum of Natural History. [2]

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, 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. bolleiSchmidt, 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

Acanthoscurria acuminata Schmidt & Tesmoingt, 2005 → Umbyquyra acuminatum
Acanthoscurria cristata Mello-Leitão, 1923 → Lasiodora cristata
Acanthoscurria dubia Chamberlin, 1917 → Phormictopus cubensis