Brazilian Tarantula: Possible Acanthoscurria? [4/7]

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  Thalles Henrique

• Mar 3, 2020

So, i posted a kinda long thread on the questions section but it got closed. My country forbids buying and selling exotic animals (Brazil) and i found this girl in my backyard and decided to take care of her. I've been with her for around 1 year, molted in my care and has a very calm behavior. She used to be much more brown before the moult. A zoologist from my University said she was an Achantoscurria, but many people disagreed. I hope someone can help.

 

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  TheDarkAbyss

• Mar 3, 2020

Just my two cents, but I would guess this is either Acanthoscurria Chacoana or Acanthoscurria Suina

 

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  Thalles Henrique

• Mar 3, 2020

She doesn't look much like those. Btw i found her about 200 km north of Sao Paulo (Brazil's Southeast.

 

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  KaroKoenig

• Mar 3, 2020

My guess would be Lasiodora.

 

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  Ungoliant

• Mar 3, 2020

additional photos of this tarantula:

 

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  Arachnid Addicted

• Mar 9, 2020

According to some brazilian acquaintances, here's what I gather:

There a few Acanthoscurria species that lives in southeast, specifically, Sao Paulo. A. gomesiana and A. paulensis are the most common ones and, as for Vitalius spp., if I remember correctly, V. dubius and V. buercheli.

Here's the catch, though, visually speaking, both Vitalius are easy to get confused. Not only this, A. gomesiana can also be pretty similar to these Vitalius. Tmk, most experience brazilian keepers use carapace and sternum shapes, fovea and, of course, spermatheca.

All that said, based on the convex sternum, I'd say this is an A. gomesiana.

 

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  Thalles Henrique

• Mar 9, 2020

Arachnid Addicted said:

According to some brazilian acquaintances, here's what I gather:

There a few Acanthoscurria species that lives in southeast, specifically, Sao Paulo. A. gomesiana and A. paulensis are the most common ones and, as for Vitalius spp., if I remember correctly, V. dubius and V. buercheli.

Here's the catch, though, visually speaking, both Vitalius are easy to get confused. Not only this, A. gomesiana can also be pretty similar to these Vitalius. Tmk, most experience brazilian keepers use carapace and sternum shapes, fovea and, of course, spermatheca.

All that said, based on the convex sternum, I'd say this is an A. gomesiana.

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I have a picture of the spermatheca too.im posting it below

 

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  Thalles Henrique

• Mar 9, 2020

Additional information: She was specifically found in the city of Pouso Alegre, State of Minas Gerais, Southeast of Brazil

 

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  Arachnid Addicted

• Mar 9, 2020

Thalles Henrique said:

I have a picture of the spermatheca too.im posting it below

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  Thalles Henrique

• Mar 9, 2020

Couldn't put it in the same thread, check the tarantulas ID, its the 1st pic