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. Myostola Simon, 1903 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00252
N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Phoneyusa Karsch, 1884 (contra Laurent, 1946: 303) by Raven, 1985a: 117.

Transferred to other genera:

Myostola gabonica (Simon, 1889) -- see Phoneyusa

Myostola occidentalis (Lucas, 1858) | | Gabon, Cameroon urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002244
Mygale occidentalis Lucas, 1858: 380 (Df) Original description
Phoneyusa occidentalis Pocock, 1900g: 842 (Df)
Myostola occidentalis Simon, 1903a: 951
Myostola occidentalis Strand, 1920: 104

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