Avicularia aurantiaca Bauer, 1996, nomen dubium

Fukushima, Caroline Sayuri & Bertani, Rogerio, 2017, Taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of Avicularia Lamarck, 1818 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Aviculariinae) with description of three new aviculariine genera 01, ZooKeys 659, pp. 1-185 : 78-79

Avicularia aurantiaca Bauer, 1996, nomen dubium

Avicularia aurantiaca Bauer, 1996: 2, figs 1-4; World Spider Catalog 2016.

Material examined.

Female spermathecae exuvia in microscope slide, Peru, G. Schmidt ded. (SMF 58271-84).

Remarks.

The original description ( Bauer 1996) stated he intended to deposit a female specimen at SMF as holotype, a slide prepared with spemathecae from an exuvia and a para type male. The holotype and paratype specimen were never deposited in SMF collection. The description states female has leg IV longer than leg I, spermathecae with midwidth not expanded and orange leg rings (explaining why it was called " aurantiaca "). Thus, Avicularia aurantiaca is likely to be a junior synonym of Avicularia rufa . However, as there is no holotype and the description does not allow for a precise identification and characterization of the species, the name Avicularia aurantiaca Bauer, 1996 is considered, herein, as nomen dubium.

Types not found.

The following types have been unsuccessfully searched for within many arachnological collections and their descriptions do not allow for reliable identification. Thus, we consider the following species all nomina dubia: Araneus hirtipes Fabricius, 1793 nomen dubium; Avicularia testacea (C. L. Koch, 1841) nomen dubium; Avicularia detrita (C. L. Koch, 1842) nomen dubium; Avicularia hirsutissima (C. L. Koch, 1842) nomen dubium; Avicularia holmbergi Thorell, 1890 nomen dubium; Ischnocolus doleschalli Ausserer, 1871 nomen dubium; Avicularia rapax ( Ausserer 1875) nomen dubium; Avicularia ochracea (Perty, 1833) nomen dubium; and Avicularia walckenaerii (Perty, 1833) nomen dubium.