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.

In synonymy:

Epipedesis Simon, 1889 = Psalistops Simon, 1889 (Raven, 1985a: 152)

Gen. Psalistops Simon, 1889 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00174
N.B.: transferred from the Barychelidae to the Theraphosidae by Mori & Bertani, 2020: 37; considered a senior synonym of Epipedesis Simon, 1889m: 201 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05107] (type E. montigena Simon, 1889) by Raven, 1985a: 152.

Transferred to other genera:

Psalistops auripilus Mello-Leitão, 1946 -- see Pycnothele

Psalistops corozali Petrunkevitch, 1929 -- see Trichopelma

Psalistops crassimanus Mello-Leitão, 1923 -- see Stenoterommata

Psalistops fulvus Bryant, 1948 -- see Trichopelma

Psalistops gasci Maréchal, 1996 -- see Notahapalopus

Psalistops maculosus Bryant, 1948 -- see Trichopelma

Psalistops opifex (Simon, 1889) -- see Schismatothele

Psalistops solitarius (Simon, 1889) -- see Schismatothele

Psalistops steini (Simon, 1889) -- see Trichopelma

Psalistops venadensis Valerio, 1986 -- see Trichopelma

In synonymy:

Psalistops montigena (Simon, 1889) = Psalistops melanopygius Simon, 1889 (Mori & Bertani, 2020: 39)

Psalistops tigrinus Simon, 1889 = Psalistops melanopygius Simon, 1889 (Mori & Bertani, 2020: 39)

Psalistops zonatus Simon, 1889 = Psalistops melanopygius Simon, 1889 (Mori & Bertani, 2020: 39)

Nomen dubium:

Psalistops nigrifemuratus Mello-Leitão, 1939f: 523, f. 1-3 (m, Brazil) -- Mori & Bertani, 2020: 47

Psalistops colombianus Mori & Bertani, 2020 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052508
Psalistops colombianus Mori & Bertani, 2020: 45, f. 48-53 (Df) Original description
Psalistops melanopygius Simon, 1889 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001547
Psalistops melanopygia Simon, 1889m: 196 (Df) Original description
Epipedesis montigena Simon, 1889m: 203 (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001548]
Psalistops tigrinus Simon, 1889m: 198 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001552]
Psalistops zonatus Simon, 1889m: 197 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001554]
Psalistops zonatus Valerio, 1986: 9, f. 5 (f)
Psalistops melanopygius Mori & Bertani, 2020: 39, f. 20-47 (mf, S of Psalistops montigena, P. tigrinus and P. zonatus)

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