Avicularia

***Avicularia*** est genus aranearum familiae Theraphosidarum, cui sunt species tarantulae vulgo appellatae, in tropica America Australi endemicae. Nomen ex avicula formatum est, quia *Aviculariae* parvas aves edere putabantur. Genus ab Ioanne Baptista Lamarckio anno 1818 erectum est.

## Species
Hae species in World Spider Catalog (Indice aranearum orbis terrarum) referuntur:

**Avicularia affinis* (Nicolet, 1849) – Chilia
**Avicularia ancylochira* Mello-Leitão, 1923 – Brasilia
**Avicularia arabica* (Strand, 1908) – America Australis
**Avicularia aurantiaca* Bauer, 1996 – Peruvia
**Avicularia avicularia* (Linnaeus, 1758) (species typica) – a Costarica ad Brasiliam
**Avicularia aymara* (Chamberlin, 1916) – Peruvia
**Avicularia azuraklaasi* Tesmoingt, 1996 – Peruvia
**Avicularia bicegoi* Mello-Leitão, 1923 – Brasilia
**Avicularia braunshauseni* Tesmoingt, 1999 – Brasilia
**Avicularia caesia* (C. L. Koch, 1842) – Portus Dives
**Avicularia cuminami* Mello-Leitão, 1930 – Brasilia
**Avicularia detrita* (C. L. Koch, 1842) – Brasilia
**Avicularia diversipes* (C. L. Koch, 1842) – Brasilia
**Avicularia doleschalli* (Ausserer, 1871) – Brasilia
**Avicularia exilis* Strand, 1907 – Surinamia
**Avicularia fasciculata* Strand, 1907 – America Australis
**Avicularia gamba* Bertani & Fukushima, 2009 – Brasilia
**Avicularia geroldi* Tesmoingt, 1999 – Brasilia
**Avicularia glauca* Simon, 1891 – Panama
**Avicularia gracilis* (Keyserling, 1891) – Brasilia
**Avicularia hirschii* Bullmer, Thierer-Lutz & Schmidt, 2006 – Aequatoria
**Avicularia hirsuta* (Ausserer, 1875) – Cuba
**Avicularia holmbergi* Thorell, 1890 – Guiana Francica
**Avicularia huriana* Tesmoingt, 1996 – Aequatoria
**Avicularia juruensis* Mello-Leitão, 1923 – Brasilia
**Avicularia leporina* (C. L. Koch, 1841) – Brasilia
**Avicularia metallica* Ausserer, 1875 – Surinamia
**Avicularia minatrix* Pocock, 1903 – Venetiola
**Avicularia nigrotaeniata* Mello-Leitão, 1940 – Guiana
**Avicularia ochracea* (Perty, 1833) – Brasilia
**Avicularia plantaris* (C. L. Koch, 1842) – Brasilia
**Avicularia purpurea* Kirk, 1990 – Aequatoria
**Avicularia rapax* (Ausserer, 1875) – America Australis
**Avicularia rickwesti* Bertani & Huff, 2013 – Res publica Dominicana
**Avicularia rufa* Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1945 – Brasilia
**Avicularia rutilans* Ausserer, 1875 – Columbia
**Avicularia sooretama* Bertani & Fukushima, 2009 – Brasilia
**Avicularia soratae* Strand, 1907 – Bolivia
**Avicularia subvulpina* Strand, 1906 – America Australis
**Avicularia Surinamiansis* Strand, 1907 – Surinamia
**Avicularia taunayi* (Mello-Leitão, 1920) – Brasilia
**Avicularia ulrichea* Tesmoingt, 1996 – Brasilia
**Avicularia urticans* Schmidt, 1994 – Peruvia
**Avicularia velutina* Simon, 1889 – Venetiola
**Avicularia walckenaeri* (Perty, 1833) – Brasilia

## Pinacotheca

Fasciculus:Avicularia juruensis.jpg|*Avicularia urticans* adultus.
Fasciculus:A.purpurea-f-1.jpg|*Avicularia purpurea.*

## Notae 
Categoria:Animalia dilecta
Categoria:Araneae Americae Australis
Categoria:Arthropoda Americae Australis
Categoria:Fauna Panamae
Categoria:Fauna Trinitatis et Tabaci
Categoria:Genera animalium
Categoria:Theraphosidae
Categoria:Taxa Lamarck
Categoria:Taxa 1818