Acanthoscurria
Genus of spiders
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Acanthoscurria is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871.[3] They are found throughout South America including the countries of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela, plus into the Windward Islands West Indies, .
| Acanthoscurria | |
|---|---|
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| Acanthoscurria juruenicola | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Acanthoscurria Ausserer, 1871[1] |
| Type species | |
| A. geniculata (C. L. Koch, 1841) | |
| Species | |
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19, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Species
As of December 2025[update], it contained nineteen species, found in South America and the West Indies:[1]
- Acanthoscurria armasi Sherwood, Gabriel, Peñaherrera–R. & Alayón, 2025 – Colombia
- Acanthoscurria belterrensis Paula, Gabriel, Indicatti, Brescovit & Lucas, 2014 – Brazil
- Acanthoscurria chacoana Brèthes, 1909 – Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina
- Acanthoscurria cordubensis Thorell, 1894 – Argentina
- Acanthoscurria geniculata (C. L. Koch, 1841) (type) – Brazil
- Acanthoscurria gomesiana Mello–Leitão, 1923 – Brazil
- Acanthoscurria insubtilis Simon, 1892 – Bolivia, Brazil
- Acanthoscurria juruenicola Mello–Leitão, 1923 – Brazil
- Acanthoscurria maga Simon, 1892 – South America
- Acanthoscurria melloleitaoi Bertani, 2023 – Brazil
- Acanthoscurria musculosa Simon, 1892 – Bolivia
- Acanthoscurria natalensis Chamberlin, 1917 – Brazil
- Acanthoscurria paulensis Mello–Leitão, 1923 – Brazil
- Acanthoscurria rhodothele Mello–Leitão, 1923 – Brazil
- Acanthoscurria simoensi Vol, 2000 – French Guiana, Brazil
- Acanthoscurria tarda Pocock, 1903 – Brazil
- Acanthoscurria theraphosoides (Doleschall, 1871) – Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana
- Acanthoscurria turumban Rodríguez–Manzanilla & Bertani, 2010 – Venezuela
- Acanthoscurria urens Vellard, 1924 – Brazil
