N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Brachypelma Simon, 1891 by Raven, 1985a: 150; Schmidt, 1991b: 12 removed Brachypelma from synonymy; that resurrection was subsequently rejected by Smith, 1991b: 19, but was justified by Schmidt, 1992a: 10 and a senior synonym of Paraphysa Simon, 1892a: 166 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00262] (type P. manicata Simon, 1892) by Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014b: 2397 (in part, nec Paraphysa peruviana Schmidt, 2007, nec Paraphysa riparia Schmidt & Bolle, 2008); not a senior synonym of Phrixotrichus Simon, 1889 per Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014b: 2408, contra Schmidt, 1996a: 14 (contra Pérez-Miles et al., 1996: 54, who considered Phrixotrichus a senior synonym of Grammostola Simon, 1892) and not a senior synonym of Ashantia Strand, 1908 per Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014b: 2408, contra Gallon, 2005d: 199 (contra Raven, 1985a: 112).

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