Family: Theraphosidae Thorell,1869 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0010] Back
Gen.
Brachypelma Simon ,
1891 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00200 ]
N.B.: Removed from the synonymy of Euathlus Ausserer, 1875 by Schmidt, 1992a: 10. Considered a senior synonym of Brachypelmides Schmidt & Krause, 1994b: 7, type Brachypelmides klaasi Schmidt & Krause, 1994 by Smith, 1995: 159. Synonymy of Brachypelmides not accepted by Schmidt, 1997d and Schmidt, 1998f, synonymy confirmed by Mendoza & Francke, 2020: 92. Brachypelma recovered as diphyletic by Turner et al., 2018: 99. Brachypelma was redefined by Mendoza & Francke, 2020: 92 incl. splitting of Tliltocatl Mendoza & Francke, 2020 (type Eurypelma vagans Ausserer, 1875).
Status:
accepted
Last updated
2020-06-05
2020-06-05
Described in
Simon, 1891g: 338 (type Mygale emilia White, 1856; gender neuter)
Simon, 1891g: 338 (type Mygale emilia White, 1856; gender neuter)
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Species counts
| Counts | Status |
| 8 | accepted |
| 2 | synonym |
Reference
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Simon, E. (1891g). Liste des Aviculariides qui habitent le Mexique et l'Amérique centrale. Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 44: 327-339. 
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