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:

Lampropodus Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918 = Idiommata Ausserer, 1871 (Main, 1985b: 13, Raven, 1985a: 155)

Gen. Idiommata Ausserer, 1871 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00161
type Idiops blackwalli O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1870; gender feminine

N.B.: based on the ancient Greek words 'idios' (ἴδιος) and 'omma' (ὄμμα) (Ausserer, 1871a: 183), treated as neuter by Bonnet, 1957: 2286, but feminine was fixed by L. Koch, 1874a: 474; considered a senior synonym of Lampropodus Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918: 135 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04974] (type L. scintillans Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918) by Main, 1985b: 13 and Raven, 1985a: 155; not a senior synonym of Encyocrypta Simon, 1889 (Raven, 1985a: 152, rejecting Simon, 1892a: 121).

Transferred to other genera:

Idiommata annulata (Kulczyński, 1908) -- see Nihoa

Idiommata annulipes Thorell, 1881 -- see Nihoa

Idiommata aussereri L. Koch, 1873 -- see Nihoa

Idiommata crassipes Rainbow, 1898 -- see Nihoa

Idiommata fuliginea Thorell, 1881 -- see Moruga

Idiommata fusca L. Koch, 1874 -- see Zidiommata

Idiommata iridescens (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918) -- see Zidiommata

Idiommata maior (Kulczyński, 1908) -- see Nihoa

Idiommata meleagris (Simon, 1888) -- see Encyocrypta

Idiommata palmarum (Hogg, 1901) -- see Ozicrypta

Idiommata pictipes (Pocock, 1899) -- see Nihoa

Idiommata reticulata L. Koch, 1874 -- see Ozicrypta

Idiommata schomburgki Karsch, 1878 -- see Idiosoma

Idiommata sordida Rainbow, 1898 -- see Nihoa

Idiommata variata Thorell, 1881 -- see Nihoa

Idiommata blackwalli (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1870) | | Australia (Western Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001428 TYPE SPECIES
Idiops blackwallii O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1870d: 154, pl. 8, f. 5 (Dm) Original description
Idiommata blackwalli L. Koch, 1874a: 480
Idiommata blackwalli Main, 1964: 20, f. A-G (m)
Idiommata blackwalli Raven, 2026: 153, f. 1a-f (m)
Idiommata scintillans (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918) | | Australia (South Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001431
Lampropodus scintillans Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918: 135, pl. 17, f. 19-20, pl. 23, f. 84-85 (Dm; f pl. 17, f. 17-18 see Synothele xintillans) Original description
Idiommata scintillans Main, 1985b: 13
Idiommata scintillans Raven, 2026: 156, f. 2a-e (m)

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