Acanthoscurria

Acanthoscurria
Acanthoscurria juruenicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Acanthoscurria
Ausserer, 1871[1]

Acanthoscurria is a genus of spider from the family Theraphosidae (tarantulas).

Distribution

Species within this genus can be found in South America, in Central America and in the West Indies.

Species

As of March 2016, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]

  • Acanthoscurria acuminata Schmidt & Tesmoingt, 2005 – Bolivia, Brazil
  • Acanthoscurria antillensis Pocock, 1903 – Lesser Antilles
  • Acanthoscurria belterrensis Paula et al., 2014 – Brazil
  • Acanthoscurria bollei Schmidt, 2005 – Argentina, Uruguay
  • Acanthoscurria borealis Schmidt & Peters, 2005 – Guatemala
  • 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 species) – 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, 1892 – South America
  • Acanthoscurria minor Ausserer, 1871 – Guyana
  • 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 simoensi Vol, 2000 – French 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, 2010 – Venezuela
  • Acanthoscurria urens Vellard, 1924 – Brazil

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Acanthoscurria Ausserer, 1871", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-03-23


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