Avicularia metallica Ausserer, 1875, 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 : 77

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scientific name	Avicularia metallica Ausserer, 1875, nomen dubium
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Treatment

Avicularia metallica Ausserer, 1875: 185; Simon 1892: 171; Strand 1907b: 92; Mello-Leitão 1923: 377; Roewer 1942: 255; Bonnet 1955: 832; Petrunkevitch 1911: 50; 1939: 287; World Spider Catalog 2016.

Remarks.

The type was not found in Vienna collection where it should be deposited according to description. Thus, we consider Avicularia metallica Ausserer, 1875 as nomen dubium.