Acanthoscurria

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 and Venezuela, plus into the Windward Islands West Indies, .

Species

, it contained nineteen species, found in South America and the West Indies:

• Acanthoscurria armasi <small>Sherwood, Gabriel, Peñaherrera–R. & Alayón, 2025</small> – Colombia
• Acanthoscurria belterrensis <small>Paula, Gabriel, Indicatti, Brescovit & Lucas, 2014</small> – Brazil
• Acanthoscurria chacoana <small>Brèthes, 1909</small> – Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina
• Acanthoscurria cordubensis <small>Thorell, 1894</small> – Argentina
• Acanthoscurria geniculata <small>(C. L. Koch, 1841)</small> (type) – Brazil
• Acanthoscurria gomesiana <small>Mello–Leitão, 1923</small> – Brazil
• Acanthoscurria insubtilis <small>Simon, 1892</small> – Bolivia, Brazil
• Acanthoscurria juruenicola <small>Mello–Leitão, 1923</small> – Brazil
• Acanthoscurria maga <small>Simon, 1892</small> – South America
• Acanthoscurria melloleitaoi <small>Bertani, 2023</small> – Brazil
• Acanthoscurria musculosa <small>Simon, 1892</small> – Bolivia
• Acanthoscurria natalensis <small>Chamberlin, 1917</small> – Brazil
• Acanthoscurria paulensis <small>Mello–Leitão, 1923</small> – Brazil
• Acanthoscurria rhodothele <small>Mello–Leitão, 1923</small> – Brazil
• Acanthoscurria simoensi <small>Vol, 2000</small> – French Guiana, Brazil
• Acanthoscurria tarda <small>Pocock, 1903</small> – Brazil
• Acanthoscurria theraphosoides <small>(Doleschall, 1871)</small> – Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana
• Acanthoscurria turumban <small>Rodríguez–Manzanilla & Bertani, 2010</small> – Venezuela
• Acanthoscurria urens <small>Vellard, 1924</small> – Brazil

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