''Acanthoscurria'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

tarantulas Tarantulas comprise a group of large and often hairy spiders of the family Theraphosidae. , 1,040 species have been identified, with 156 genera. The term "tarantula" is usually used to describe members of the family Theraphosidae, although ...

that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871.They are found throughout

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including the countries of

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, Bolivia,

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Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ' ...

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, Guyana,

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, Suriname and

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, plus into the Windward Islands

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, .

Diagnosis

The main way they can be distinguished based on an organ found on the posterior trochanter of the

pedipalp Pedipalps (commonly shortened to palps or palpi) are the second pair of appendages of chelicerates – a group of arthropods including spiders, scorpions, horseshoe crabs, and sea spiders. The pedipalps are lateral to the chelicerae ("jaws") an ...

, and anterior trochanter of leg used for stridulating. But they can also be distinguished based on the

palpal bulb The two palpal bulbs – also known as palpal organs and genital bulbs – are the copulatory organs of a male spider. They are borne on the last segment of the pedipalps (the front "limbs" of a spider), giving the spider an appearance often desc ...

and the tibial apophysis morphology.

Species

, it contains eighteen species, found in

and the

: *'' Acanthoscurria belterrensis'' Paula, Gabriel, Indicatti, Brescovit & Lucas, 2014 –

*'' Acanthoscurria chacoana'' Brèthes, 1909 – Brazil, Bolivia,

, Argentina *'' Acanthoscurria cordubensis'' Thorell, 1894 – Argentina *'' Acanthoscurria geniculata'' (C. L. Koch, 1841) ( type) – Brazil *'' Acanthoscurria gomesiana'' Mello-Leitão, 1923 – Brazil *'' Acanthoscurria insubtilis''

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, 1892 – Bolivia, Brazil *''

Acanthoscurria juruenicola ''Acanthoscurria'' is a genus of Theraphosidae, tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871.They are found throughout South America including the countries of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, ...

'' Mello-Leitão, 1923 – Brazil *''

Acanthoscurria maga ''Acanthoscurria'' is a genus of Theraphosidae, tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871.They are found throughout South America including the countries of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, ...

'' Simon, 1892 –

*''

Acanthoscurria musculosa ''Acanthoscurria'' is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871.They are found throughout South America including the countries of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname ...

'' Simon, 1892 – Bolivia *'' Acanthoscurria natalensis''

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, 1917 – Brazil *'' Acanthoscurria paulensis'' Mello-Leitão, 1923 – Brazil *''

Acanthoscurria rhodothele ''Acanthoscurria'' is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871.They are found throughout South America including the countries of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Surin ...

'' Mello-Leitão, 1923 – Brazil *''

Acanthoscurria sacsayhuaman ''Acanthoscurria'' is a genus of Theraphosidae, tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871.They are found throughout South America including the countries of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, ...

'' Ferretti, Ochoa & Chaparro, 2016 –

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*'' Acanthoscurria simoensi'' Vol, 2000 –

, Brazil *'' Acanthoscurria tarda'' Pocock, 1903 – Brazil *'' Acanthoscurria theraphosoides'' (

Doleschall Carl Ludwig Doleschall ( hu, Doleschall Lajos; sk, Karol Ľudovít Doležal; born 15 July 1827 – died 26 February 1859) was born in Vág-Újhely, Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire (now Nové Mesto nad Váhom, Slovakia), as the son of the theolo ...

, 1871) – Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana *'' Acanthoscurria turumban'' Rodríguez-Manzanilla & Bertani, 2010 –

*'' Acanthoscurria urens'' Vellard, 1924 – Brazil

Nomina Dubia

* ''Acanthoscurria convexa'' (C. L. Koch, 1842) -

* Acanthoscurria cunhae Mello-Leitão, 1923 -

* Acanthoscurria melanotheria Mello-Leitão, 1923 -

* Acanthoscurria minor Ausserer, 1871 - Guyana * Acanthoscurria proxima (Mello-Leitão, 1923) -

In synonymy:

Transferred to other Genera

* ''Acanthoscurria acuminata'' Schmidt & Tesmoingt, 2005 → '' Umbyquyra acuminatum'' * Acanthoscurria cristata Mello-Leitão, 1923 → ''

Lasiodora cristata ''Lasiodora'' is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1850. They are often very large; body lengths of up to , including the legs, are not unusual. They are found in South America, including the countries ...

'' * Acanthoscurria dubia Chamberlin, 1917 → '' Phormictopus cubensis''

References

Theraphosidae genera Spiders of Central America Spiders of South America Taxa named by Anton Ausserer Theraphosidae {{Theraphosidae-stub

Diagnosis

Species

Nomina Dubia

Transferred to other Genera

See also

References