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. Scopelobates Simon, 1903 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04409
NB: removed from S of Holothele by Guadanucci, Perafán & Valencia-Cuéllar, 2017: 175, contra Raven, 1985a: 158

Nomen dubium:

Scopelobates mutilatus Caporiacco, 1947a: 21 (j, Guyana) -- Huber, Samm & Schmidt, 1996: 42

Scopelobates sericeus Simon, 1903 | | Dominican Republic urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002117
Scopelobates sericeus Simon, 1903a: 928 (Df) Original description
Holothele sericeous Pérez-Miles et al., 1996: 60, f. 53 (f)
Holothele sericea Rudloff, 1997a: 11, f. 8-11 (f)
Scopelobates sericeus Guadanucci, Perafán & Valencia-Cuéllar, 2017: 270 (T from Holothele, genus restored)

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