type Acanthopelma rufescens F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897; gender neuter

Transferred to other genera:
Acanthopelma annae Reichling, 1997 -- see Reichlingia
Acanthopelma maculatum Banks, 1906 -- see Trichopelma

Acanthopelma beccarii Caporiacco, 1947a: 21 (Dm).
Acanthopelma beccarii Caporiacco, 1948a: 618, f. 12-13 (m; N.B.: per Rudloff, 2001: 15, misplaced, possibly a Holothele).

Acanthopelma rufescens F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897a: 34, pl. 2, f. 13 (Dm).
Acanthopelma rufescens Smith, 1986b: 74, f. 2h (m).
Acanthopelma rufescens Smith, 1987d: 74, f. 2h (m).
Acanthopelma rufescens Smith, 1995: 27, f. 1-11 (m).
Acanthopelma rufescens Rudloff, 2001: 15, f. 5-12 (m).