Avicularia vestiaria (De Geer, 1778), nomen nudum

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 : 73

Avicularia vestiaria (De Geer, 1778), nomen nudum

Aranea vestiaria De Geer, 1778: 313; F. O. Pickard-Cambridge 1896: 741 (under Avicularia avicularia ); Petrunkevitch 1911: 49 (under Avicularia avicularia ); Roewer 1942: 253 (under Avicularia avicularia ); Bonnet 1955: 828 (under Avicularia avicularia ); World Spider Catalog 2016 (under Avicularia avicularia ).

Avicularia vestiaria : Ausserer 1871: 201 (as senior synonym of Aranea avicularia ), 1875: 184; Hasselt 1888: 166 (as senior synonym of Mygale avicularia sensu Latreille).

Remarks.

As stated by F. O. Pickard-Cambridge (1896), the name " vestiaria " is solely a word used for De Geer (1778) in his redescription of Aranea avicularia Linnaeus (1758) ( Simon 1892: 172; F. O. Pickard-Cambridge 1896: 741), in litt. " Aranea vestiaria hirsutissima nigro-fusca S. rufescens, plantis amplis tomentosis" ( De Geer 1778: 313). It is not a specific name as considered by Ausserer (1871). Even though other authors such as Ausserer (1875) considered it a valid name, we understand a formal description was not presented or intended and, therefore, Avicularia vestiaria (De Geer, 1778) is, herein, considered a nomen nudum.