Acanthoscurria

Acanthoscurria is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871. 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,.

Diagnosis
The main way they can be distinguished based on an organ found on the posterior trochanter of the pedipalp, and anterior trochanter of leg used for stridulating. But they can also be distinguished based on the palpal bulb and the tibial apophysis morphology.

Species
, it contains eighteen species, found in South America and the West Indies:
 * 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 musculosa Simon, 1892 – Bolivia
 * Acanthoscurria natalensis Chamberlin, 1917 – Brazil
 * Acanthoscurria paulensis Mello-Leitão, 1923 – Brazil
 * Acanthoscurria rhodothele Mello-Leitão, 1923 – Brazil
 * Acanthoscurria sacsayhuaman Ferretti, Ochoa & Chaparro, 2016 – Peru
 * 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

Nomina Dubia

 * Acanthoscurria convexa (C. L. Koch, 1842) - Brazil
 * Acanthoscurria cunhae Mello-Leitão, 1923 - Brazil
 * Acanthoscurria melanotheria Mello-Leitão, 1923 - Brazil
 * Acanthoscurria minor Ausserer, 1871 - Guyana
 * Acanthoscurria proxima (Mello-Leitão, 1923) - Brazil

In synonymy:

Transferred to other Genera

 * Acanthoscurria acuminata Schmidt & Tesmoingt, 2005 → Umbyquyra acuminatum
 * Acanthoscurria cristata Mello-Leitão, 1923 → Lasiodora cristata
 * Acanthoscurria dubia Chamberlin, 1917 → Phormictopus cubensis