Acanthoscurria natalensis Chamberlin, 1917

Common name: Natal Brown Birdeater

♀ Female described ♂ Male described
Female Female

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Original Description

Chamberlin, R. V. (1917). New spiders of the family Aviculariidae. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard 61: 25-75 [p. 70, pl. 5, f. 4-7].
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Distribution

Brazil

Type Locality: Brazil: Rio Grande do Norte; Natal.

Synonyms

Acanthoscurria cursor, Acanthoscurria fracta, Acanthoscurria chiracantha, Acanthoscurria rondoniae, Acanthoscurria parahybana

Specimen Records (4)

MCZ-IZ15957 ♀ Holotype Brazil

Natal, Rio Grande do Norte

1911 · col. W. J. Mann

Holotype female of Acanthoscurria natalensis Chamberlin, 1917; Stanford 1911 expedition, Ralph Vary Chamberlin collection No. 88.

MCZ IZ-15960 ♂ Holotype Brazil

Maranguape Mts., Ceará

1911 · col. W. J. Mann

Holotype male of Acanthoscurria cursor, a synonym of A. natalensis; Stanford 1911 expedition, Ralph Vary Chamberlin collection No. 92.

MCZ IZ-29824 ♂ Holotype Brazil

Pará, Pará

col. Nathaniel Thayer expedition

Holotype male of Acanthoscurria fracta, a synonym of A. natalensis; Ralph Vary Chamberlin collection No. 87.

MCZ IZ-15958 ♀ Paratype Brazil

Maranguape Mts., Ceará

1911 · col. W. J. Mann

Paratype female of Acanthoscurria cursor, a synonym of A. natalensis; same data as the holotype.

Taxonomic History

  1. 1917
    Acanthoscurria natalensis Chamberlin, 1917

Bibliography (2)

Chamberlin, R. V. (1917). New spiders of the family Aviculariidae. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard 61: 25-75 [p. 70, pl. 5, f. 4-7].
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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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