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Genus: Grammostola Simon, 1892 | Family: Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869

Grammostola inermis Mello-Leitão, 1941

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Described:

Distribution: Argentina

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Holotype: Museo de La Plata (MLP), La Plata, Argentina m (14605) - (Nicoletta et al., 2025)

Taxonomic References

Grammostola inermis Mello-Leitão, 1941d: 101, pl. II, f. 2, 2a (Dm) Original description

Grammostola spatulata inermis Bücherl, 1951: 123 (reduced to subspecies)

Grammostola inermis Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1961: 202, f. 1-2 (m, Df, restored to species, S of Grammostola spatulata australis [revalidated by Nicoletta et al., 2025: 235])

Grammostola inermis Schmidt, 2003l: 166, f. 380 (f)

Grammostola inermis Ferretti et al., 2013: 2971, f. 4C-D (m)

Grammostola inermis Nicoletta et al., 2025: 238, f. 2D-F, 5A-I, 6B, 7A-G (mf)

References

Bücherl, W. (1951). Estudos sobre a biologia e a sistemática do género Grammostola Simon, 1892. Monografias, Instituto Butantan 1: 1-203. -- Show included taxa

Ferretti, N., Pompozzi, G., González, A. & Pérez-Miles, F. (2013). The genus Grammostola Simon 1892 (Araneae: Theraphosidae): a new species from western Argentina, new synonymy and distributional data. Journal of Natural History 47(47-48): 2961-2977. doi: 10.1080/00222933.2013.791945 -- Show included taxa

Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1941d). Las arañas de Córdoba, La Rioja, Catamarca, Tucumán, Salta y Jujuy colectadas por los Profesores Birabén. Revista del Museo de La Plata (N.S., Zool.) 2: 99-198. -- Show included taxa

Nicoletta, M., Ferretti, N., Soresi, D. & Pérez-Miles, F. (2025). Resurrection of Grammostola australis (Araneae: Theraphosidae) after seven decades: integrating molecular data, morphology, and distribution. Zoosystematica Rossica 34(2): 231-249. doi: 10.31610/zsr/2025.34.2.231 -- Show included taxa

Schiapelli, R. D. & Gerschman de P., B. S. (1961). Las especies del género Grammostola Simon 1892, en la República Argentina (Araneae, Theraphosidae). Actas y Trabajos del Congreso Sudamericano de Zoologia, La Plata I (La Plata, 1959) 3, 199-208. -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. (2003l). Die Vogelspinnen: Eine weltweite Übersicht. Neue Brehm-Bücherei Hohenwarsleben, 383 pp. -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Comment
2025-09-06	New taxonomic reference entry	Nicoletta et al., 2025
2025-09-06	Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon		Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Grammostola australis Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1948
2025-09-06	Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon		Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Grammostola australis Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1948