Lasiodora saeva (Walckenaer, 1837) nomen dubium

Mygale saeva Walckenaer, 1837: 222; Lucas 1840: 336; Ausserer 1871: 217 ( Trechona ?); Petrunkevitch 1911: 80.

Lasiodora saeva: Mello-Leitão 1939: 47; Petrunkevitch 1939: 240; Roewer 1942: 251; Bonnet 1957: 2356; World Spider Catalog 2023.

Type material. Male from “Nouveau-Monde, Amér. mér., Capitainerie de Montevideo ”, not found at MNHN, where Walckenaer’s types should be deposited .

Remark. Due to Walckenaer’s (1837) short and uninformative description and the unavailability of the type which is probably lost, I consider Lasiodora saeva Walckenaer (1837) a nomen dubium.