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:

Cyclopelma Benoit, 1965 = Sipalolasma Simon, 1892 (Raven, 1985a: 151)

Gen. Sipalolasma Simon, 1892 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00180

type Sipalolasma ellioti Simon, 1892; gender feminine

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Cyclopelma Benoit, 1965c: 302 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04972] (type C. humicola Benoit, 1965) by Raven, 1985a: 113.

Transferred to other genera:

Sipalolasma sordida (Rainbow, 1898) -- see Nihoa

In synonymy:

Sipalolasma kissi Benoit, 1966 = Sipalolasma warnantae Benoit, 1966 (Gonzalez-Filho et al., 2024: 693)

Sipalolasma aedificatrix Abraham, 1924 | | Singapore urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001568

Sipalolasma aedificatrix Abraham, 1924: 1104, pl. 4, f. 14-18 (Df) Original description

Sipalolasma arthrapophysis (Gravely, 1915) | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001569

Sasonichus arthrapophysis Gravely, 1915: 264, pl. 15, f. 2 (Dm) Original description

Sasonichus arthrapophysis Gravely, 1921a: 404, pl. 18, f. 12 (Df)

Sipalolasma arthrapophysis Raven, 1985a: 161 (T from Sasonichus)

Sipalolasma arthrapophysis Javed et al., 2010: 868, image 2A-B, 3A-C, 4A-C, 5A-F, 6A-G, f. 1A-F, 2A-E (m)

Sipalolasma bicalcarata (Simon, 1904) | | Ethiopia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001570

Pisenor bicalcaratus Simon, 1904c: 445 (Df) Original description

Sipalolasma bicalcarata Benoit, 1966c: 238, f. 37-39 (f, T from Pisenor)

Sipalolasma ellioti Simon, 1892 | | Sri Lanka urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001571 TYPE SPECIES

Sipalolasma ellioti Simon, 1892a: 124, f. 114 (Dmf) Original description

Sipalolasma greeni Pocock, 1900 | | Sri Lanka urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001572

Sipalolasma greeni Pocock, 1900a: 176 (Df) Original description

Sipalolasma humicola (Benoit, 1965) | | Ethiopia, DR Congo, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001573

Cyclopelma humicola Benoit, 1965c: 303 (Df; not adult per Gonzalez-Filho et al., 2024: 690) Original description

Sipalolasma humicola Gonzalez-Filho et al., 2024: 690, f. 20A-D (j, species inquirenda)

Sipalolasma ophiriensis Abraham, 1924 | | Malaysia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001575

Sipalolasma ophiriensis Abraham, 1924: 1101, pl. 3, f. 10-13 (Dmf) Original description

Sipalolasma warnantae Benoit, 1966 | | DR Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001576

Sipalolasma kissi Benoit, 1966c: 240, f. 40-41 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001574]

Sipalolasma warnantae Benoit, 1966c: 237, f. 34-36 (Df) Original description

Sipalolasma warnantae Gonzalez-Filho et al., 2024: 693, f. 21A-D, 22A-D (f, S of Sipalolasma kissi)