Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869

Family |   ACCEPTED
Gen. Haplopelma Simon, 1892 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00229
type Selenocosmia doriae Thorell, 1890; gender neuter

N.B.: not a senior synonym of Melopoeus Pocock, 1895 (rejecting Raven, 1985a: 116) and not a junior synonym of Cyriopagopus Simon, 1887 (rejecting Smith & Jacobi, 2015: 28), see Smith, Daniel & Vignaud, 2026: 25.

Transferred to other genera:

Haplopelma chrysothrix Schmidt & Samm, 2005 -- see Ornithoctonus

Haplopelma costale Schmidt, 1998 -- see Ornithoctonus

Nomen dubium:

Haplopelma robustum Strand, 1907l: 70 (f, Singapore) -- Nentwig et al., 2020: 26, sub Cyriopagopus

Haplopelma doriae (Thorell, 1890) | | Malaysia (Borneo) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002048 TYPE SPECIES
Selenocosmia doriae Thorell, 1890a: 397 (Df; doriai is an unjustified emendation, see ICZN Article 31.1.1) Original description
Haplopelma doriae Simon, 1892a: 151 (T from Selenocosmia)
Haplopelma doriae Simon, 1903a: 946, f. 1092
Haplopelma doriai Bonnet, 1957: 2098
Haplopelma doriae Schmidt, 1998a: 2, f. 2 (f)
Haplopelma doriae Schmidt, 2003l: 250, f. 813-814 (f)
Ornithoctonus doriae Schmidt, 2010b: 30, f. 4.1-4.2 (f; generic placement not supported by investigation of type specimen of that genus)
Haplopelma doriae Hauke, 2012: 4, f. 1-4, 10, 17 (f)
Cyriopagopus doriae Smith & Jacobi, 2015: 47 (T from Haplopelma)
Ornithoctonus doriae Schmidt, 2015b: 25, f. 3 (f)
Haplopelma doriae Hauke, 2017: 7, f. 2, 6a, 7a, 9, 12d (f)
Haplopelma doriae Smith, Daniel & Vignaud, 2026: 25, f. 1, 3, 5, 7-8, 11, 13 (mf, T from Cyriopagopus)

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