Acanthoscurria
Acanthoscurria is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871.Species
it contains twenty-seven species, found in South America, Central America, and the West Indies:
- Acanthoscurria antillensis Pocock, 1903 – Lesser Antilles
- Acanthoscurria belterrensis Paula, Gabriel, Indicatti, Brescovit & Lucas, 2014 – Brazil
- Acanthoscurria bollei Schmidt, 2005 – Argentina, Uruguay
- Acanthoscurria borealis Schmidt & Peters, 2005 – Guatemala
- Acanthoscurria chacoana Brèthes, 1909 – Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina
- Acanthoscurria convexa – Brazil
- Acanthoscurria cordubensis Thorell, 1894 – Argentina
- Acanthoscurria geniculata – 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 – Brazil
- Acanthoscurria rhodothele Mello-Leitão, 1923 – Brazil
- Acanthoscurria sacsayhuaman Ferretti, Ochoa & Chaparro, 2016 – Peru
- 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 – Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana
- Acanthoscurria turumban Rodríguez-Manzanilla & Bertani, 2010 – Venezuela
- 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
- A. chiracantha Mello-Leitão, 1923 = Acanthoscurria natalensis Chamberlin, 1917
- A. cursor Chamberlin, 1917 = Acanthoscurria natalensis Chamberlin, 1917
- A. ferina Simon, 1892 = Acanthoscurria theraphosoides
- 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 = Acanthoscurria theraphosoides
- A. parahybana Mello-Leitão, 1926 = Acanthoscurria natalensis Chamberlin, 1917
- A. parvitarsis = Acanthoscurria theraphosoides
- A. pheopygus = 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
- A. violacea Mello-Leitão, 1923 = Acanthoscurria gomesiana Mello-Leitão, 1923
- A. xinguensis Timotheo, 1960 = Acanthoscurria juruenicola Mello-Leitão, 1923
- A. zorodes = Acanthoscurria gomesiana Mello-Leitão, 1923