Family: Theraphosidae Thorell,1869 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0010] Back
Gen.
Phrixotrichus Simon ,
1889 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04249 ]
N.B.: Replacement name for Orthothrichus Karsch, 1880, preoccupied in Coleoptera by Peyron, 1856; not a junior synonym of Euathlus Ausserer, 1875 (Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014b: 2408, Pérez-Miles et al., 1996: 54, contra Schmidt, 1996a: 14); considered a senior synonym of Ashantia Strand, 1907 by Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014b: 2408, contra Gallon, 2005d: 199, who considered it a junior synonym of Euathlus Ausserer, 1875.
Status:
accepted
Last updated
2020-06-05
2020-06-05
Described in
Karsch, 1880c: 222 (type Orthothrichus vulpinus Karsch, 1880; gender masculine)
Karsch, 1880c: 222 (type Orthothrichus vulpinus Karsch, 1880; gender masculine)
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Species counts
| Counts | Status |
| 5 | accepted |
| 2 | synonym |
Reference
Edit history
Karsch, F. (1880c). Arachnologische Blätter (Decas I). Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften, Dritte Folge 5: 373-409. 
| Date | Type | Reference | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-04-08 | Genus synonymy | Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014b | Ashantia synonymized with Phrixotrichus |
| 2015-04-07 | Genus updated | Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014b | Removed synonymy (Old value) |