Grammostola anthracina (C.L. Koch, 1842)

Common name: Brazilian giant tawny red

♀ Female described ♂ Male described
Female Female © Montes de Oca & Pérez-Miles (2009), fig. 21, live female of the southern form, keyed there as Grammostola mollicoma

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Distribution

BrazilUruguayParaguayArgentina

Synonyms

Grammostola mollicoma

Taxonomic History

  1. 1842
    Mygale anthracina C. L. Koch, 1842 Montes de Oca & Pérez-Miles (2009) keyed the Uruguayan population as Grammostola mollicoma (Ausserer, 1875), a name subsequently synonymised with this species.
  2. 1996
    Pérez-Miles et al. (1996), making Grammostola a junior synonym of Phrixotrichus, figured a female from Uruguay as Phrixotrichus mollicoma. Grammostola has since been restored.

Bibliography (3)

Koch, C. L. (1841). Die Arachniden. C. H. Zeh'sche Buchhandlung, Nürnberg, Achter Band, pp. 41-131, pl. 265-288 (f. 621-694);. Nürnberg, Achter Band, Neunter Band.
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Pérez-Miles, F. (1996). Systematic revision and cladistic analysis of Theraphosinae (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Mygalomorph 1: 33-68.
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Oca, L. M. de & Pérez-Miles, F. (2009). Las arañas Mygalomorphae del Uruguay: clave para familias, géneros y especies. INNOTEC, Revista del Laboratorio Tecnologico del Uruguay 4: 41-49.
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