N.B.: the genus is not monophyletic per Briggs, Foley & Cook, 2025: 10; considered a senior synonym of Psophopoeus Thorell, 1897a: 175 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06394] (type Phrictus validus Thorell, 1881) by Simon, 1903a: 955; the resurrection of Phlogius Simon, 1887d: 195 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05129] by Schmidt, 1995k: 9 was rejected by Raven, 2000a: 570, who also placed Chilocosmia Schmidt & von Wirth, 1992b: 9 (revalidated by Acuña et al., 2025: 150) and Selenopelma Schmidt & Krause, 1995a: 22 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04828] (type S. kovariki Schmidt & Krause, 1995) as junior synonyms (see also Schmidt, 2002c: 3, Schmidt, 2015a, Schmidt, 2015c); Phlogius is a replacement name for Phrictus L. Koch, 1874a: 488 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05128] (type P. crassipes L. Koch, 1874), preoccupied in Hemiptera by Spinola, 1839.
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Last updated: 2025-09-25
Species counts
ACCEPTED: 41
SYNONYM: 4
NOMEN DUBIUM: 2
