Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869

Family |   ACCEPTED
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

Gen. Pachypelma Karsch, 1880 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04154

In synonymy:

Pachypelma pygmaea (Nicolet, 1849) = Pachypelma oculata Nicolet, 1849 (Karsch, 1880c: 390)

Nomen dubium:

Pachypelma oculata (Nicolet, 1849: 331, pl. 1, f. 1, f, Chile, originally in Mygale) -- Raven, 1985a: 146


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