N.B.: for the year of description (1869 vs. 1870) see
Sherwood et al., 2021: 396,
Breitling, 2021b published a different opinion;
Raven, 1994: 333 considered the Trichopelmatinae (genera
Trichopelma and
Psalistops) to belong to the Theraphosidae rather than to Barychelidae, but has not provided a phylogenetic argument for this change;
Trichopelma was finally transferred to the Theraphosidae (
Guadanucci, 2014: 514) as well as
Psalistops (
Mori & Bertani, 2020: 37), so in fact Trichopelmatinae is now transferred to Theraphosidae; the monophyly of Theraphosidae and of the most recognized theraphosid subfamilies was confirmed by
Lüddecke et al., 2018 and by
Foley et al., 2019.
Nomina dubia
Pachypelma Karsch, 1880, type Mygale oculata Nicolet, 1849 --
Raven, 1985a: 146