Avicularia metallica

Avicularia metallica is considered to be a doubtful name (nomen dubium), and as of September 2018 was not accepted as a valid species by the World Spider Catalog.[1]

A species is known by this name in the pet trade, where it may be called the whitetoe tarantula.[2]

Notes

  1. "Gen. Avicularia Lamarck, 1818", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2017-03-10
  2. Breene, R. G. (2003-10-01). "Common Names of Arachnids 2003 - Fifth Edition" (PDF). AAS | American Arachnological Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-11-01. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
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