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.

Gen. Zidiommata Raven, 2026 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06475

type Idiommata fusca L. Koch, 1874; gender feminine

N.B.: gender declared to be masculine, but the name is based on the feminine genus name Idiommata (see ICZN article 30.1.3)

Zidiommata fusca (L. Koch, 1874) | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001429 TYPE SPECIES

Idiommata fusca L. Koch, 1874a: 478, pl. 37, f. 1 (Df) Original description

Encyocrypta fusca Hogg, 1901: 241

Encyocrypta fusca Rainbow, 1914a: 226, f. 36-39 (m; belongs to another species per Raven, 2026: 158)

Idiommata fusca Main, 1985a: 13

Zidiommata fusca Raven, 2026: 158, f. 3a-g, 5a-b, 6a-d (Dm, f, T from Idiommata)

Zidiommata iridescens (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918) | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001430

Lampropodus iridescens Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918: 137, pl. 19, f. 23-24, pl. 23, f. 86-87 (Dm) Original description

Idiommata iridescens Main, 1985a: 13

Zidiommata iridescens Raven, 2026: 161, f. 7a-d, 8a-c (m, T from Idiommata)

Zidiommata simonmaraisi Raven, 2026 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:067107

Zidiommata simonmaraisi Raven, 2026: 165, f. 9a-e, 10a, c, e (Dm) Original description

Zidiommata steveirwini Raven, 2026 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:067108

Zidiommata steveirwini Raven, 2026: 168, f. 11, 12a-g, 13a-c (Dm) Original description