World Spider Catalog

Family: Melloinidae

Glabropelma Raven, 1985

GENUS | SYNONYM

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04168

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Last updated: 2025-09-29

Junior synonym of: Melloina Brignoli, 1985

Species counts

Taxonomic Reference

Original description Raven, 1985a: 122 type Melloa gracilis Schenkel, 1953; gender neuter

Reference

Raven, R. J. (1985a). The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): cladistics and systematics. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 182: 1-180. -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-09-29	Genus transferred to other family	Perafán, Montes de Oca & Pérez-Miles, 2025		Glabropelma Raven, 1985 transferred to Melloinidae
2020-11-06	Genus transferred to other family	Mori & Bertani, 2020		Glabropelma Raven, 1985 transferred to Theraphosidae

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