Avicularia metallica

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Avicularia metallica is considered to be a doubtful name (nomen dubium), and {{As of|2018|September|lc=yes}} was not accepted as a valid species by the World Spider Catalog.{{citation |title=Gen. Avicularia Lamarck, 1818 |work=World Spider Catalog |publisher=Natural History Museum Bern |url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3325 |accessdate=2017-03-10 }}

A species is known by this name in the pet trade, where it may be called the whitetoe tarantula.{{Cite web |last=Breene |first=R. G. |date=2003-10-01 |title=Common Names of Arachnids 2003 - Fifth Edition |url=http://www.americanarachnology.org/assets/pdfs/arachnid_common_names2003.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101070451/http://www.americanarachnology.org/assets/pdfs/arachnid_common_names2003.pdf |archive-date=2020-11-01 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=2023-03-13 |website=AAS {{!}} American Arachnological Society}}

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