Acanthoscurria maga Simon, 1892

♀ Female described ♂ Male described

Female

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Original Description

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].

Distribution

St Lucia

Type Locality: America meridionalis

Adult Male Activity

Collection months of 1 adult male specimen record, against the rainfall where they live

Adult males collected

Mean monthly rainfall and temperature 2001–2020 near the type locality, America meridionalis. MERRA-2 via NASA POWER, for a grid cell averaging 190 m. Wet and dry seasons, from the rainfall at the locality itself.

Specimen Records (10)

MNHN AR 4792 ♂ Holotype

South America (no further data)

Holotype male of Acanthoscurria maga Simon, 1892; E. Simon colln. 7026.

BMNH (A. antillensis holotype) ♀ Holotype Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia

col. Miss Alexander

Holotype female of Acanthoscurria antillensis, a synonym of A. maga.

BMNH (Soufrière) ♀ Saint Lucia

nr Soufrière, St Lucia

May 1931

Non-type female of Acanthoscurria maga.

MNHN (Martinique) ♀ Martinique

Martinique

1945 · col. H. Steble

Non-type female of Acanthoscurria maga, det. R. Gabriel 23 October 2007.

BMNH (Windward Is., Jordan) ♂

Windward Islands, West Indies

1968 · col. Miss Mary Jordan

Non-type male of Acanthoscurria maga.

MCZ IZ-74653 (Cul-de-Sac) ♀ Saint Lucia

Cul-de-Sac, St Lucia

August 1973 · col. E. G. Long

Non-type female of Acanthoscurria maga; labelled "Brown Tarantula", A. antillensis det. R. Gabriel 30 June 2011.

MCZ IZ-74653 (Praslin) ♂ Saint Lucia

Praslin, St Lucia

August 1973 · col. E. G. Long

Non-type male of Acanthoscurria maga; labelled "Grey Tarantula", A. antillensis det. R. Gabriel 30 June 2011.

BMNH 1931.5.4.36 ♀ Saint Lucia

St Lucia, West Indies

Non-type female of Acanthoscurria maga.

BMNH (St Lucia, 5 males) ♂ Saint Lucia

St Lucia, no other data

Five males; non-type material of Acanthoscurria maga.

BMNH (Africa, Smith) ♂

Labelled "Africa" — almost certainly an erroneous locality for this Lesser Antillean species

col. Sir A. Smith

Non-type male of Acanthoscurria maga; the "Africa" label is inconsistent with the genus's Neotropical range.

Bibliography (2)

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.

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