Acanthopelma

Acanthopelma is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1897.^[2] As of December 2019^[update] it contains two species, found in Central America and South America: A. beccarii and A. rufescens.^[1]

Acanthopelma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Theraphosidae
Genus:	Acanthopelma F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897[1]
Type species
A. rufescens F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897
Species
A. beccarii Caporiacco, 1947 – Guyana A. rufescens F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 – Central America

See also

• List of Theraphosidae species