Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869

Family |   ACCEPTED
Gen. Pachistopelma Pocock, 1901 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00260
type Pachistopelma rufonigrum Pocock, 1901; gender neuter

Transferred to other genera:

Pachistopelma concolor Caporiacco, 1947 -- see Tapinauchenius

In synonymy:

Pachistopelma pulchrum (Mello-Leitão, 1933, T from Avicularia) = Pachistopelma rufonigrum Pocock, 1901 (Bertani, 2012: 29)

Pachistopelma recifiensis (Struchen & Brändle, 1996, T from Avicularia) = Pachistopelma rufonigrum Pocock, 1901 (Bertani, 2012: 29)

Pachistopelma scintillans (Mello-Leitão, 1929, T from Hapalotremus) = Pachistopelma rufonigrum Pocock, 1901 (Cavallo & Ferretti, 2015: 882)

Pachistopelma bromelicola Bertani, 2012 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045510
Pachistopelma bromelicola Bertani, 2012: 36, f. 46-57, 61-66, 75, 79-80 (Dmf) Original description
Pachistopelma bromelicola Fukushima & Bertani, 2017: 16, f. 321 (m)
Pachistopelma rufonigrum Pocock, 1901 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002257 TYPE SPECIES
Pachistopelma rufonigrum Pocock, 1901c: 548 (Dmf) Original description
Dolichothele scintillans Mello-Leitão, 1929c: 92 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002036]
Avicularia pulchra Mello-Leitão, 1933c: 171, f. 33 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001825]
Avicularia recifiensis Struchen & Brändle, 1996: 2, f. 1-4 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001828]
Pachistopelma rufonigrum Peters, 2003: 244, f. 982 (f)
Avicularia recifiensis Schmidt, 2003l: 202, f. 581-582 (mf)
Pachistopelma rufonigrum Peters, 2005a: 8, f. 3 (f)
Pachistopelma rufonigrum Bertani, 2012: 29, f. 29-45, 58-60, 67, 76-78 (mf, S of Avicularia pulchra and A. recifiensis)
Pachistopelma rufonigrum Cavallo & Ferretti, 2015: 882 (S of Dolichothele scintillans)

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