Family: Theraphosidae Thorell,1869 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0010] Back
Gen.
Iridopelma Pocock ,
1901 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00240 ]
N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Avicularia Lamarck, 1818 by Smith, 1993b: 13 (following Raven, 1985a: 119).
Status:
accepted
Last updated
2020-06-05
2020-06-05
Described in
Pocock, 1901c: 549 (type Iridopelma hirsutum Pocock, 1901; gender neuter)
Pocock, 1901c: 549 (type Iridopelma hirsutum Pocock, 1901; gender neuter)
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Species counts
| Counts | Status |
| 6 | accepted |
| 1 | synonym |
| 2 | nomen dubium |
Reference
Edit history
Pocock, R. I. (1901c). Some new and old genera of S.-American Avicularidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 8(48): 540-555. doi:10.1080/03745480109443359 
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