N.B.: transferred from the Theraphosidae to the Paratropididae by Raven, 1985a: 122, back to the Theraphosidae by Mori & Bertani, 2020: 35 and to the Melloinidae by Perafán, Montes de Oca & Pérez-Miles, 2025: 2341 (Melloinidae are proposed a junior synonym of Glabropelmatidae Raven, 1985 by Perafán, Montes de Oca & Pérez-Miles, 2026: 1239); replacement name for Melloa Schenkel, 1953a: 3 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04713], preoccupied in Opiliones by Roewer, 1930; objective senior synonym of Glabropelma Raven, 1985a: 122 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04168] (Platnick, 1989b: 112: superfluous replacement name for Melloa).

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Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-05-14	Transferred to other family after syn. fam	Perafán, Montes de Oca & Pérez-Miles, 2026		Transferred from Melloinidae Perafán, Montes de Oca & Pérez-Miles, 2025 to Glabropelmatidae Raven, 1985 (family synonymy)
2025-09-29	Nota bene edited		Old value
2025-09-29	Genus transferred to other family	Perafán, Montes de Oca & Pérez-Miles, 2025		Melloina Brignoli, 1985 transferred to Melloinidae
2022-05-04	Nota bene edited		Old value
2022-05-04	Nota bene edited		Old value
2020-11-06	Nota bene edited		Old value
2020-11-06	Genus transferred to other family	Mori & Bertani, 2020		Melloina Brignoli, 1985 transferred to Theraphosidae
2020-11-03	Nota bene edited		Old value