Family: Theraphosidae Thorell,1869 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0010] Back
Gen.
Trichopelma Simon ,
1888 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00185 ]
N.B.: transferred from the Barychelidae to the Theraphosidae by Guadanucci, 2014: 514, confirmed by Mori & Bertani, 2020; belongs probably to Barychelidae after Tamayo, 2017: 196; considered a senior synonym of Stothis Simon, 1889, Hapalopinus Simon, 1903, Merothele Petrunkevitch, 1925, Obaerarius Petrunkevitch, 1926 and Leptofischelia Strand, 1929 by Raven, 1985a: 153.
Status:
accepted
Last updated
2020-11-11
2020-11-11
Described in
Simon, 1888b: 215 (type Trichopelma nitidum Simon, 1888; gender neuter)
Simon, 1888b: 215 (type Trichopelma nitidum Simon, 1888; gender neuter)
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Species counts
| Counts | Status |
| 22 | accepted |
| 3 | synonym |
| 3 | nomen dubium |
| 2 | homonym replaced |
Reference
Edit history
Simon, E. (1888b). Etudes arachnologiques. 21e Mémoire. XXIX. Descriptions d'espèces et de genres nouveaux de l'Amérique centrale et des Antilles. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (6) 8: 203-216. 
| Date | Type | Reference | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-11-19 | Genus transferred to other family | Guadanucci, 2014 | Trichopelma Simon, 1888 transferred to Theraphosidae |