''Acanthoscurria'' is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by

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in 1871.They are found throughout South America including the countries of Argentina,

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, Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana,

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, Paraguay, Peru,

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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

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. But they can also be distinguished based on the palpal bulb and the tibial apophysis morphology.

Species

, it contains eighteen species, found in South America and the West Indies: *''

Acanthoscurria belterrensis ''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 ...

'' Paula, Gabriel, Indicatti, Brescovit & Lucas, 2014 – Brazil *''

Acanthoscurria chacoana ''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 ...

'' Brèthes, 1909 – Brazil,

, Paraguay, Argentina *''

Acanthoscurria cordubensis ''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 ...

'' Thorell, 1894 – Argentina *''

Acanthoscurria geniculata ''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 ...

'' (C. L. Koch, 1841) (

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) – Brazil *''

Acanthoscurria gomesiana ''Acanthoscurria gomesiana'' is a species of tarantula first identified in Brazil in 1923. It is known for producing the gomesin peptides, a class of proteins which have found to have anti-tumour and anti-microbial properties. References T ...

'' Mello-Leitão, 1923 – Brazil *''

Acanthoscurria insubtilis ''Acanthoscurria insubtilis'' also known as the Bolivian black velvet tarantula, is a spider which was first described by Eugène Simon in 1892. It is found in Bolivia some reports also stating in Brazil, though it is mainly in the Bolivian Rainfo ...

'' Simon, 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'' Simon, 1892 – South America *'' Acanthoscurria musculosa'' Simon, 1892 – Bolivia *''

Acanthoscurria natalensis ''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 ...

'' Chamberlin, 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 – Peru *''

Acanthoscurria simoensi ''Acanthoscurria simoensi'' is a species of tarantula spider found in Guyana, French Guiana, and Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and ...

'' Vol, 2000 – French Guiana, Brazil *''

Acanthoscurria tarda ''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 ...

'' Pocock, 1903 – Brazil *''

Acanthoscurria theraphosoides ''Acanthoscurria theraphosoides'' is a species of spider from the family Theraphosidae (tarantulas), found in Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, and French Guiana. Description F. O. Pickard-Cambridge collected a mature female as his reference specimen (hol ...

'' (

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, 1871) – Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana *''

Acanthoscurria turumban ''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 ...

'' Rodríguez-Manzanilla & Bertani, 2010 – Venezuela *''

Acanthoscurria urens ''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 ...

'' 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 -

* Acanthoscurria proxima (Mello-Leitão, 1923) - Brazil In synonymy:

Transferred to other Genera

* ''Acanthoscurria acuminata'' Schmidt & Tesmoingt, 2005 → ''

Umbyquyra acuminatum ''Umbyquyra'' is a genus of South American Theraphosidae, tarantulas first described in 2018. Species it contains twelve species: *''Umbyquyra acuminata'' (Schmidt & Tesmoingt, 2005) — Bolivia, Brazil *''Umbyquyra araguaia'' Gargiulo, Bresc ...

'' * 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 ''Phormictopus'' is a genus of spiders in the family Theraphosidae (tarantulas) that occurs in the West Indies, mainly Cuba and Hispaniola, with three species probably misplaced in this genus found in Brazil and Argentina. Description ''Phormict ...

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