On the Taxonomy ofAcanthoscurriaAusserer from Southeastern Brazil with Data on the Natural History ofA. gomesianaMello-Leitão (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae)

[摘要] The study of type material and specimens ofA. gomesianaof several Brazilian spider collections offered us the possibility to redescribe this species and consider synonyms of the first one of the following:A. violacea,A. pugnax, andA. aurita.Acanthoscurria cunhaeandA. melanotheriaare consideredSpecies inquirendae, the types were not located, and the descriptions are not enough for identification of similar ones. We considered as valid only two species from the southeast of Brazil:A. paulensisandA. gomesiana. The distribution range ofA. gomesianais enhanced in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Some data on natural history and phenology are presented.

[学科分类] 动物科学