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Grammostola rosea (Walckenaer, 1837)

Bolivia, Chile, Argentina ♂♀

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Grammostola rosea

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Taxonomy and History

Scientific Name : Grammostola rosea

Described By: (Walckenaer, 1837)
Researcher Profile: Charles Athanase Walckenaer
Genus: Grammostola
Common Name: Chilean Rose

- Mygale rosea Walckenaer, 1837
- Mygale rubiginosa Nicolet, 1849
- Lasiodora rosea C. L. Koch, 1850
- Eurypelma rosea Ausserer, 1871
- Eurypelma spatulatum F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897
- Citharoscelus kochii F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1899
- Citharoscelus kochii Pocock, 1899
- Citharoscelus spatulatus Pocock, 1903
- G. spatulata Simon, 1903
- G. argentinense Strand, 1907
- G. cala Chamberlin, 1917
- G. spatulata Bücherl, 1951
- G. spatulata Bücherl, 1951
- G. spatulata Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1961
- G. cala Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1961
- G. spathulata Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1962
- G. spathulata Legendre & Calderón, 1984
- G. cala Legendre & Calderón, 1984
- G. cala Smith, 1986
- G. spatulatus Smith, 1986
- G. cala Smith, 1987
- G. spatulatus Smith, 1987
- G. spatulata Hancock & Hancock, 1989

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Histoire naturelle des insectes. Aptères

Charles Athanase Walckenaer ,1837

Paris, 1
- Harpactira atra, Harpactira cafreriana, Caribena versicolor, Ephebopus murinus, Grammostola rosea, Homoeomma nigrum, Lasiodora saeva, Selenocosmia javanensis, Tapinauchenius sanctivincenti

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