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    Acanthoscurria is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871. They are found throughout South America including the countries...
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    The Brazilian whiteknee tarantula (Acanthoscurria geniculata) is a species of tarantula from Brazil that is commonly kept as a pet. A. geniculata is native...
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  • Acanthoscurria musculosa is a species of terrestrial tarantula discovered in 1892 by Eugène Simon. This species is a dark brown to black and its common...
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    Acanthoscurria juruenicola is a species of ground dwelling tarantula native to Brazil. Its common name is the Brazilian orange-banded tarantula and it...
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    Acanthoscurria paulensis is a species of tarantula native to the state of São Paulo and Mato Grosso. They prefer temperatures of 72–82 °F (22–28 °C) when...
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    Acanthoscurria cordubensis is a species of terrestrial tarantula that thrives in high humidity environments. It is also known as the Rusty Brown Bird Eater...
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    Acanthoscurria chacoana, also known as the Bolivian red rump tarantula, is a fast growing, docile tarantula found in Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina...
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  • Acanthoscurria antillensis is a species of large spider, a tarantula in the family Theraphosidae. This species occurs in the Lesser Antilles, hence the...
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  • Acanthoscurria maga is a terrestrial tarantula species of Acanthoscurria native to St. Lucia. The common name of this species is the Antilles pink patch...
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  • Acanthoscurria insubtilis also known as the Bolivian black velvet tarantula, is a spider which was first described by Eugène Simon in 1892. It is found...
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  • Acanthoscurria belterrensis is a species of tarantula native to Brazil. They typically are a dark reddish-brown color and sometimes have a more orange...
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    Acanthoscurria theraphosoides is a species of spider from the family Theraphosidae (tarantulas), found in Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, and French Guiana. F....
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  • Acanthoscurria simoensi is a species of tarantula spider found in Guyana, French Guiana, and Brazil, first described from French Guiana in 2000. The species...
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    of large bodied genera in the subfamily Theraphosinae Lasiodora and Acanthoscurria Nhandu spp., Megaphobema spp., Sericopelma spp., Eupalaestrus spp.,...
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    Acanthoscurria gomesiana is a species of tarantula first identified in Brazil in 1923. It is known for producing the gomesin peptides, a class of proteins...
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  • Acanthoscurria natalensis is a dark-brown species of ground dwelling tarantula native to the northeastern area of Brazil. This species is almost identical...
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    Rodrigo; Costa, Fernando G. (December 2005). "The stridulatory setae of Acanthoscurria suina (Araneae, Theraphosidae) and their possible role in sexual communication:...
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  • Acanthoscurria Acanthoscurria Ausserer, 1871 Acanthoscurria belterrensis Paula, Gabriel, Indicatti, Brescovit & Lucas, 2014 - Brazil Acanthoscurria chacoana...
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    Brescovit & Lucas, 2023 Acanthopelma F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 – Guyana Acanthoscurria Ausserer, 1871 – South America, Guatemala Acentropelma Pocock, 1901...
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    Spermatheca of Acanthoscurria geniculata (Brazilian Giant White Knee Tarantula)...
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  • Brazil Acanthoscurria chiracantha, 1923 — Brazil Acanthoscurria cunhae, 1923 — Brazil Acanthoscurria gomesiana, 1923 — Brazil Acanthoscurria juruenicola...
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    Tarantulas: Pepsis cupripennis versus Eupalaestrus weijenberghi and Acanthoscurria suina (Araneae, Theraphosidae)" (PDF). Studies on Neotropical Fauna...
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    The subfamily Theraphosinae includes these genera:[citation needed] Acanthoscurria Aenigmarachne Anqasha Aphonopelma Bonnetina Brachypelma Bumba (formerly...
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    Proshapalopus multicuspidatus Phormictopus pheopygus Mello-Leitão, 1923 → Acanthoscurria gomesiana "Gen. Phormictopus Pocock, 1901". World Spider Catalog. Natural...
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    1955 → Stichoplastoris longistylus C. lycosoides Tullgren, 1905 → Acanthoscurria theraphosoides C. media Chamberlin, 1917 → Nesipelma medium C. palmarum...
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    Gomesin, an 18-Residue Cysteine-rich Defense Peptide from the Spider Acanthoscurria gomesiana Hemocytes with Sequence Similarities to Horseshoe Crab Antimicrobial...
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  • Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda, mangrove horseshoe crab (2020) Of which Arachnids: Acanthoscurria geniculata, Brazilian whiteknee tarantula (2014) Argiope bruennichi...
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    (Keyserling, 1891) → Pycnothele auripila Lasiodora boliviana (Simon, 1892) → Acanthoscurria insubtilis Lasiodora brevibulbus (Valerio, 1980) → Crypsidromus brevibulbus...
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  • different from those who have them on the same segments such as the Acanthoscurria genus because of the palpal bulb with a very short and acuminate embolus...
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    1935) → Cyrtopholis obsoleta Holothele proxima (Mello-Leitão, 1923) → Acanthoscurria proxima (Nomen dubnium) Holothele sericeus (Simon, 1903) → Scopelobates...
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