Acanthoscurria theraphosoides
Adult male Acanthoscurria theraphosoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Acanthoscurria
Species:
A. theraphosoides
Binomial name
Acanthoscurria theraphosoides
Synonyms[1]
  • Acanthopalpus theraphosoides Doleschall, 1871
  • Acanthoscurria ferina Simon, 1892
  • Acanthoscurria brocklehursti F.O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896
  • Trasyphoberus parvitarsis Simon, 1903
  • Cyrtopholis lycosoides Tullgren, 1905
  • Trasyphoberus ferina (Simon, 1892)

Acanthoscurria theraphosoides is a species of spider from the family Theraphosidae (tarantulas), found in Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, and French Guiana.[1]

Description

F. O. Pickard-Cambridge collected a mature female as his reference specimen (holotype) during his trip to the Lower Amazon, specifically in Pará state, Brazil. He called the species Acanthoscurria brocklehursti, now regarded as synonymous with A. theraphosoides. The specimen was deposited in the Natural History Museum, London. He describes the species from his own live observations as having "Carapace deep brown, clothed with grey-brown velvety pubescence" and "legs entirely clothed with rich chocolate-brown pubescence and long scattered rufous hairs."[2]

Taxonomy

Acanthopalpus theraphosoides was first described by Carl Ludwig Doleschall in 1871.[1] Separately, Acanthoscurria brocklehursti was described by F. O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1896.[3] Following a revision by Paula et al., A. brocklehursti is now treated as a junior synonym of A. theraphosoides.[1][4]

Confused species

In the exotic pet hobby, there is another larger species often mistakenly traded under this name Acanthoscurria brocklehursti with alternating light and dark banding on the legs. It is sometimes called the giant black and white tarantula because it can reach a leg span of 18–23 cm (7–9 in). Scientifically, this is a thinner banded regional variant of Acanthoscurria geniculata, also from the Amazon basin.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Taxon details Acanthoscurria theraphosoides (Doleschall, 1871)". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  2. ↑ Pickard-Cambridge (1896), p. 739.
  3. ↑ Pickard-Cambridge, F.O. (1896). "On the Theraphosidae of the lower Amazons: being an account of the new genera and species of this group of spiders discovered during the expedition of the steamship "Faraday" up the river Amazons". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1896: 716–766.
  4. 1 2 Paula, Felipe dos S.; Gabriel, Ray; Indicatti, Rafael P.; Brescovit, Antonio D.; Lucas, Sylvia M. (2014). "On the Brazilian Amazonian species of Acanthoscurria (Araneae: Theraphosidae)" (PDF). Zoologia (Curitiba). 31 (1): 63–80. doi:10.1590/S1984-46702014000100008.


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