World Spider Catalog

Barychelidae Simon, 1889

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: the Trichopelmatinae (genera Trichopelma and Psalistops) considered to belong to the Theraphosidae rather than to Barychelidae by Raven, 1994: 333, but no phylogenetic argument is provided 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 family is not monophyletic per Kulkarni, Wood & Hormiga, 2023: 487, f. 5.

In synonymy:

Diplothele O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1891 = Adelonychia Walsh, 1890 (Blick, 2022: 495)

Gen. Adelonychia Walsh, 1890 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04770

N.B.: wrongly synonymized with Diplothele O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1891b: 621 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00156] (type D. walshi O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1891 = Adelonychia nigrostriata Walsh, 1890) by Gravely, 1915: 263 (confirmed by Siliwal, Molur & Raven, 2009: 184, after declaration as nomen dubium by Raven, 1985a: 145); synonymy turned around by Blick, 2022: 495.

In synonymy:

Adelonychia walshi (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1891, T from Diplothele) = Adelonychia nigrostriata Walsh, 1890 (Blick, 2022: 495)

Adelonychia gravelyi (Siliwal, Molur & Raven, 2009) | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042524

Diplothele gravelyi Siliwal, Molur & Raven, 2009: 179, f. 1-6 (Df) Original description

Adelonychia gravelyi Blick, 2022: 495 (T from Diplothele)

Adelonychia halyi (Simon, 1892) | | Sri Lanka urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001382

Diplothele halyi Simon, 1892a: 123 (Df) Original description

Diplothele halyi Pocock, 1900a: 175 (Dm)

Diplothele halyi Simon, 1903a: 909, f. 1067

Adelonychia halyi Blick, 2022: 495 (T from Diplothele)

Adelonychia nigrostriata Walsh, 1890 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053672

Adelonychia nigrostriata Walsh, 1890: 269 (Df) Original description

Diplothele walshi O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1891b: 622, pl. 43, f. 1 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001383]

Diplothele walshi Simon, 1892a: 123, f. 110

Diplothele walshi Gravely, 1915: 263 (S of Adelonychia nigrostriata; turned around by Blick, 2022: 495)

Diplothele walshi Gravely, 1921a: 403, pl. 18, f. 11 (burrow)

Adelonychia nigrostriata Raven, 1985a: 145 (nomen dubium)

Diplothele walshi Siliwal, Molur & Raven, 2009: 184, f. 15-20 (f, S of Adelonychia nigrostriata confirmed)

Adelonychia nigrostriata Blick, 2022: 495 (T from Diplothele, S of Diplothele walshi)

Adelonychia tenebrosa (Siliwal, Molur & Raven, 2009) | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042525

Diplothele tenebrosus Siliwal, Molur & Raven, 2009: 182, f. 8-13 (Df) Original description

Adelonychia tenebrosa Blick, 2022: 495 (T from Diplothele)