Family: Theraphosidae

Chilocosmia Schmidt & von Wirth, 1992

GENUS |   ACCEPTED

N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Orphnaecus Simon, 1892 by Acuña et al., 2025: 150 (rejecting West, Nunn & Hogg, 2012: 23; contra Raven, 2000a: 570, who considered it a junior synonym of Selenocosmia instead).

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Last updated: 2025-04-01

Species counts

ACCEPTED: 1

Taxonomic Reference
Original description Schmidt & von Wirth, 1992b: 9 type Chilocosmia dichromata Schmidt & von Wirth, 1992; gender feminine
Reference

Schmidt, G. & Wirth, V. von (1992b). Beschreibung des Weibchens von Chilocosmia dichromata gen.n. sp.n. und des Männchens von Chilocosmia arndsti (Schmidt & von Wirth) 1991 (Araneida: Theraphosidae: Selenocosmiinae). Arachnologischer Anzeiger 3(11): 9-16. -- Show included taxa

Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2025-04-01 Nota bene edited Old value
2025-04-01 Nota bene edited Old value
2025-04-01 Genus updated Acuña et al., 2025a Old value Removed synonymy

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