Acanthoscurria armasi Sherwood, Gabriel, Peñaherrera-R. & Alayón García, 2025

Described by Ray Gabriel, Danniella Sherwood, Pedro J. Peñaherrera Romero, Giraldo Alayón García

♂ Male described

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Bibliography

Sherwood, D., Gabriel, R., Peñaherrera-R., P. J. & Alayón García, G. (2025). A new species of Acanthoscurria Ausserer, 1871: proposal of the theraphosoides species-group and first published record of the genus from Colombia (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Zootaxa 5563 (1): 237-254.

Distribution

Colombia

Type Locality: Río Suarez, Colombia, 800-1000 m, en la selva

Adult Male Activity

Collection months of 1 adult male specimen record

Etymology

The specific epithet is a patronym in honour of Luis F. de Armas (Fundación Ariguanabo, and Institute of Ecology and Systematics, Cuba) in recognition of more than half a century of consistent research in arachnology, and to commemorate his 80th birthday.

Specimen Records (1)

AMNH_IZC00357351 ♂ Holotype Colombia

Río Suarez, 800-1000 m, en la selva, Santander

August 1946

Holotype male of Acanthoscurria armasi. Collected 11-17 August 1946; the label gives only the river and altitude, and the authors infer the Santander department from the altitudinal range, taking 6.3623844 -73.3434797 as a midpoint with a radius of about 3 km from the river.