Acanthoscurria insubtilis Simon, 1892

Common name: Bolivian black velvet

♀ Female described ♂ Male described

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Type Locality and Records

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Bibliography

Simon, E. (1892). Etudes arachnologiques. 24e Mémoire. XXXIX. Descriptions d'espèces et de genres nouveaux de la famille des Aviculariidae (suite). Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 61: 271-284 [p. 282].

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

Bolivia

Type Locality: Bolivia : San-Mateo

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Synonyms

Acanthoscurria abnormis

Specimen Records (3)

MNHN AR 4784 ♂ Holotype Bolivia

San Mateo

col. Garlepp

Holotype male of Acanthoscurria insubtilis Simon, 1892; E. Simon colln. 15132. Used as the schematic model for the palpal keel classification in this paper.

MNHN AR 4653 ♀ Lectotype Bolivia

Espiritu Santo

col. Garlepp

Lectotype and paralectotype females of Crypsidromus bolivanus, a synonym of Acanthoscurria insubtilis; E. Simon colln. 15135.

OUMNH 2004 005 ♂ Bolivia

San Ramon

July 2003 · col. D. Mann

Non-type male of Acanthoscurria insubtilis.