Acanthoscurria gomesiana Mello-Leitão, 1923

Gargiulo, Fabio de F., Brescovit, Antonio D. & Lucas, Sylvia M., 2018, Umbyquyra gen. nov., a new tarantula spider genus from the Neotropical region (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae), with a description of eight new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 457, pp. 1-50 : 45-46

Acanthoscurria gomesiana Mello-Leitão, 1923

Acanthoscurria gomesiana Mello-Leitão, 1923: 306 , figs 51–55, 167.

Cyrtopholis zorodes Mello-Leitão, 1923: 143–144 (holotype ♀ from São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, deposited in MNRJ 29, examined). syn. nov.

Phormictopus pheopygus Mello-Leitão, 1923: 273 , figs 150–152.

Acanthoscurria violacea Mello-Leitão, 1923: 292 , fig. 182.

Acanthoscurria pugnax Vellard, 1924: 142 , pl. VIII, fig. 34a–d.

Acanthoscurria aurita Piza, 1939: 5 , figs 2–3.

Acanthoscurria gomesiana – Schiapelli & Gerschman 1964: 412, pl. III, fig. 9. — Gonzalez-Filho et al. 2012: 2, figs 1a–d, 2a–f, 5a–f.

Cyrtopholis zorodes – Bücherl et al. 1971: 124. — Silva-Moreira et al. 2010: 68.

Phormictopus pheopygus – Lucas 1983: 350 (syn.). Acanthoscurria violacea – Schiapelli & Gerschman 1964: 415, pl. III, figs 19–21. — Gonzalez-Filho et al. 2012: 2 (syn.).

Acanthoscurria pugnax – Gonzalez-Filho et al. 2012: 2 (syn.).

Acanthoscurria aurita – Gonzalez-Filho et al. 2012: 2 (syn.).

Remark

The original description indicates MZSP as the type repository; however, no specimen of Cyrtopholis zorodes was located. Bücherl et al. (1971: 124) and Silva-Moreira et al. (2010: 68) agree that the specimen MNRJ 29, holotype ♀ from São Paulo, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil is the true holotype. The holotype is in bad condition without SR and legs. Bücherl mentioned stridulatory bristles on the palp trochanter and first leg. The aspect of the SR and the type locality (São Paulo, state of São Paulo, Brazil) allow us to establish Cyrtopholis zorodes as a junior synonymy of Acanthoscurria gomesiana Mello-Leitão, 1923 .