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:

Pisenorodes Pocock, 1898 = Pisenor Simon, 1889 (Benoit, 1966c: 228, N.B.: the synonymy of Pisenorodes with Cyphonisia as stated by Raven, 1985a: 112 is not possible, because the type species of Pisenorodes is a synonym of the type species of Pisenor)

Urothele Tullgren, 1910 = Pisenor Simon, 1889 (Raven, 1985a: 112)

Gen. Pisenor Simon, 1889 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00172

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Pisenorodes Pocock, 1898g: 228 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04978] (type P. hoehneli Pocock, 1898 = Pisenor notius Simon, 1889) by Benoit, 1966c: 228 and of Urothele Tullgren, 1910: 86 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04976] (type Idiommata lepida Gerstaecker, 1873) by Raven, 1985a: 112, who placed all species of Pisenor (except its type species, P. notius Simon, 1888) in Cyphonisia Simon, 1889.

Transferred to other genera:

Pisenor bicalcaratus Simon, 1904 -- see Sipalolasma

Pisenor kissi Benoit, 1966 -- see Cyphonisia

Pisenor maculatus Roewer, 1953 -- see Cyphonisia

Pisenor nigellus Simon, 1889 -- see Cyphonisia

Pisenor tullgreni Roewer, 1953 -- see Cyphonisia

In synonymy:

Pisenor hoehneli Simon, 1890 = Pisenor notius Simon, 1889 (Benoit, 1966c: 230)

Pisenor incertus Caporiacco, 1947 = Pisenor notius Simon, 1889 (Benoit, 1966c: 230)

Pisenor pustulatus Strand, 1906 = Pisenor notius Simon, 1889 (Benoit, 1966c: 230)

Pisenor arcturus (Tucker, 1917) | | Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001533

Diplothele arcturus Tucker, 1917: 118 (Df) Original description

Urothele arcturus Benoit, 1965d: 35 (T from Diplothele)

Pisenor leleupi (Benoit, 1965) | | Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001534

Urothele leleupi Benoit, 1965d: 37, f. 4-6 (Dmf) Original description

Pisenor lepidus (Gerstaecker, 1873) | | Tanzania urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001535

Idiommata lepida Gerstaecker, 1873: 485 (Dm) Original description

Urothele lepida Tullgren, 1910: 87, pl. 1, f. 1 (Dmf)

Pisenor macequece (Tucker, 1920) | | Mozambique urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001536

Diplothele macequece Tucker, 1920: 440 (Df) Original description

Urothele macequece Benoit, 1965d: 37 (Tf from Diplothele)

Pisenor notius Simon, 1889 | | Ethiopia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001537

Pisenor notius Simon, 1889h: 411 (Df) Original description

Pisenor höhneli Simon, 1890b: 125 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037475]

Pisenorodes höhneli Pocock, 1898g: 505, pl. 41, f. 2 (f, Dm)

Pisenor pustulatus Strand, 1906b: 606 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037478]

Pisenor incertus Caporiacco, 1947c: 99 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037479]

Pisenor notius Benoit, 1966c: 230, f. 23-26 (m, S of Pisenor hoehneli, P. incertus and P. pustulatus)

Pisenor notius Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020k: 6, 5 f. (m, f habitus)

Pisenor plicatus (Benoit, 1965) | | Rwanda urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001538

Urothele plicata Benoit, 1965d: 34, f. 1-2 (Df) Original description

Pisenor selindanus (Benoit, 1965) | | Zimbabwe urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001539

Urothele selindana Benoit, 1965d: 37, f. 3 (Df) Original description

Pisenor tenuistylus (Benoit, 1965) | | Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001540

Urothele tenuistylus Benoit, 1965d: 39, f. 7-9 (Dmf) Original description

Pisenor upembanus (Roewer, 1953) | | Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001541

Urothele upembana Roewer, 1953b: 63, f. 22A-E, 23A-H, 24A-E (Dmf) Original description