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Acanthoscurria gomesiana Mello-Leitão, 1923

Brazil ♂♀

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Acanthoscurria gomesiana

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Acanthoscurria gomesiana

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Taxonomy and History

Scientific Name : Acanthoscurria gomesiana
Synonyms : Acanthoscurria aurita, Acanthoscurria pugnax, Acanthoscurria violacea

Described By: Mello-Leitão, 1923
Researcher Profile: Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão
Genus: Acanthoscurria
Original Type Locality: E especie commun nos arredores de S Paulo, havendo nas colleccoes do museu Paulista alguns exemplares de Ypiranga; is que devo a amabilidade do Dr. J. F. Gomes foram apanhados em Butantan

- Acanthoscurria gomesiana Mello-Leitão, 1923
- Cyrtopholis zorodes Mello-Leitão, 1923
- Phormictopus pheopygus Mello-Leitão, 1923
- Acanthoscurria violacea Mello-Leitão, 1923
- Acanthoscurria pugnax Vellard, 1924
- Acanthoscurria aurita Piza, 1939
- Acanthoscurria gomesiana Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1964
- Acanthoscurria violacea Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1964
- Acanthoscurria gomesiana Gonzalez-Filho et al., 2012

Specimen Records

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Theraphosideas do Brasil

Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão ,1923

Rev. Mus. Paulista 13: 1-438 [p. 306, f. 51-55, 167]
- Acanthoscurria gomesiana, Phormictopus ribeiroi, Vitalius wacketi, Vitalius vellutinus, Vitalius roseus, Vitalius dubius, Sericopelma fallax, Proshapalopus anomalus, Plesiopelma rectimanum, Plesiopelma insulare, Lasiodora sternalis, Acanthoscurria juruenicola, Lasiodora cristata, Homoeomma montanum, Dolichothele exilis, Eupalaestrus spinosissimus, Cyclosternum garbei, Avicularia juruensis, Acanthoscurria rhodothele, Acanthoscurria paulensis, Vitalius sorocabae

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Habitat and Type Locality

Acanthoscurria gomesiana

Photo by R. P. Indicatti

Acanthoscurria gomesiana

Photo by R. P. Indicatti

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