Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869

Family |   ACCEPTED
N.B.: for the year of description (1869 vs. 1870) see Sherwood et al., 2021: 396, Breitling, 2021b published a different opinion; Raven, 1994: 333 considered the Trichopelmatinae (genera Trichopelma and Psalistops) to belong to the Theraphosidae rather than to Barychelidae, but has not provided a phylogenetic argument for this change; Trichopelma was finally transferred to the Theraphosidae (Guadanucci, 2014: 514) as well as Psalistops (Mori & Bertani, 2020: 37), so in fact Trichopelmatinae is now transferred to Theraphosidae; the monophyly of Theraphosidae and of the most recognized theraphosid subfamilies was confirmed by Lüddecke et al., 2018 and by Foley et al., 2019.
Gen. Anoploscelus Pocock, 1897 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00194
N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Phoneyusa Karsch, 1884 by Smith, 1990c: 21, contra Raven, 1985a: 149.
Anoploscelus celeripes Pocock, 1897 | | Uganda, Tanzania urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001693
Anoploscelus celeripes Pocock, 1897b: 760, pl. 41, f. 3 (Dm) Original description
Anoploscelus celeripes Smith, 1986b: 31, f. 1h (m)
Anoploscelus celeripes Smith, 1987d: 31, f. 1h (m)
Anoploscelus celeripes Smith, 1990c: 21, f. 1-12 (Tm from Phoneyusa)
Anoploscelus celeripes Schmidt, 1993d: 109, f. 333 (m)
Anoploscelus celeripes Schmidt, 2003l: 210, f. 619 (m)
Anoploscelus lesserti Laurent, 1946 | | Rwanda urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001694
Anoploscelus lesserti Laurent, 1946: 301 (Df) Original description
Anoploscelus lesserti Smith, 1990c: 22 (Tf from Phoneyusa)

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