Acanthoscurria
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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[update], 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
- ^ a b "Gen. Acanthoscurria Ausserer, 1871", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-03-23
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