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

Grammostola australis Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1948

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057673

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Described:

Distribution: Argentina

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales (MACN) “Bernardino Rivadavia”, Buenos Aires, Argentina m (Ar1833) - (Nicoletta et al., 2025)
Paratype: Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales (MACN) “Bernardino Rivadavia”, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1m (Ar1834) - (Nicoletta et al., 2025)

Taxonomic References

Grammostola australis Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1948: 7, f. 8-9 (Dm) Original description

Grammostola spatulata australis Bücherl, 1951: 124 (reduced to subspecies)

Grammostola australis Nicoletta et al., 2025: 235, f. 2A-C, 3A-H, 4A-E, 6A (m, Df, removed from S of Grammostola inermis, rejecting Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1961: 202)

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

Gerschman de P., B. S. & Schiapelli, R. D. (1948). Arañas argentinas II. Comunicaciones del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" (Zool.) 4: 1-20. -- 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

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-09-06	New taxonomic reference entry	Nicoletta et al., 2025
2025-09-06	First description of female	Nicoletta et al., 2025	Old value
2025-09-06	Taxonomic reference added from other taxon		Old value
2025-09-06	Taxonomic reference added from other taxon		Old value
2025-09-06	Species updated	Nicoletta et al., 2025	Old value	Removed synonymy