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Issue: Vol. 5563 No. 1: 3 Jan. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-01-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5563.1.16
Page range: 237-254
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A new species of Acanthoscurria Ausserer, 1871: proposal of the theraphosoides species-group and first published record of the genus from Colombia (Araneae: Theraphosidae)

Arachnology Research Association; London; United Kingdom; Fundación Ariguanabo; San Antonio de los Baños; Cuba.
Arachnology Research Association; London; United Kingdom
Universidad San Francisco de Quito; Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales; Instituto de Biodiversidad Tropical IBIOTROP; Laboratorio de Zoología Terrestre; Museo de Zoología; Quito; Ecuador. Fundación Uru; Quito; Ecuador
Arachnology Research Association; London; United Kingdom; Fundación Ariguanabo; San Antonio de los Baños; Cuba.
Araneae biogeography palpal bulb spider tarantula taxonomy

Abstract

A remarkable new species of Acanthoscurria Ausserer, 1871, is described from Colombia, Acanthoscurria armasi sp. nov., representing the first published record of the genus from this country. New insights into palpal bulb morphology and biogeography of the newly-proposed theraphosoides species-group are provided.

 

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