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Acanthoscurria tarda Pocock, 1903

♀ Female described

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Original Description

Pocock, R. I. (1903). On some genera and species of South American Aviculariidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 11: 81-115.
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Distribution

Brazil

Type Locality: Rio Teffe on the Amazons

Specimen Records (1)

BMNH 1898.2.12.5 ♀ Holotype Brazil

Rio Teffe, Amazon, Amazonas

1898 · col. Dr Bach

Holotype female of Acanthoscurria tarda Pocock, 1903.

Bibliography (3)

Pocock, R. I. (1903). On some genera and species of South American Aviculariidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 11: 81-115.
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Paula, F. dos S., Gabriel, R., Indicatti, R. P., Brescovit, A. D. & Lucas, S. M. (2014). On the Brazilian Amazonian species of Acanthoscurria (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Zoologia (Curitiba) 31(1): 63-80.
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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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