Acanthoscurria natalensis Chamberlin, 1917

Common name: Natal Brown Birdeater

♀ Female described ♂ Male described
Female Female

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Bibliography

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].
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

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.

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