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Genus: Pseudoschizopelma Smith, 1995 | Family: Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869

Pseudoschizopelma macropus Ausserer, 1875

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001940

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Described:

Distribution: Mexico

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK m (1890.7.1.348) - (Gabriel, Sherwood & Longhorn, 2020)
Holotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK m (BMNH 90.7.1-349) of Schizopelma sorkini - (Gabriel, Sherwood & Longhorn, 2020)
Paratype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK 1f (1890.7.1.348) - (Gabriel, Sherwood & Longhorn, 2020)
Paratype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK 1f (BMNH 90.7.1-349) of Schizopelma sorkini is a subadult f of Brachypelma sp., possibly Brachypelma kahlenbergi - (Gabriel, Sherwood & Longhorn, 2020)

Taxonomic References

Crypsidromus macropus Ausserer, 1875: 179, pl. 6, f. 24-25 (Dmf) Original description

Schizopelma macropus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897a: 29, pl. 1, f. 10 (m)

Pseudoschizopelma macropus Smith, 1995: 187, f. 1034-1040 (Tmf from Schizopelma)

Schizopelma sorkini Smith, 1995: 191, f. 1083-1100 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002403]

Cyclosternum macropus Pérez-Miles et al., 1996: 46, f. 15 (m)

Schizopelma sorkini Vol, 1999a: 13, f. X (f)

Davus macropus Schmidt, 2003l: 162, f. 350-351 (m)

Schizopelma sorkini Schmidt, 2003l: 186, f. 480-482 (mf)

Davus macropus Schmidt, 2005c: 14, f. 2, 9 (m)

Acentropelma macropus Gabriel, 2016: 84, f. 72 (Tm from Cyclosternum)

Acentropelma sorkini Gabriel, 2016: 85, f. 73 (Tm from Schizopelma)

Pseudoschizopelma macropus Gabriel, Sherwood & Longhorn, 2020: 459, f. 13-26 (mf, T from Acentropelma, S of Acentropelma sorkini)

References

Ausserer, A. (1875). Zweiter Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autor). Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 25: 125-206, pl. 5-7. -- Show included taxa

Gabriel, R. (2016). Revised taxonomic placement of the species in the Central American genera Davus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892, Metriopelma Becker, 1878, and Schizopelma F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897, with comments on species in related genera (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology 17(2): 61-92. doi: 10.13156/arac.2006.17.2.61 -- Show included taxa

Gabriel, R., Sherwood, D. & Longhorn, S. J. (2020). The revised taxonomic placement of the genus Acentropelma Pocock, 1901 and restoration of the genus Pseudoschizopelma Smith, 1995 (Aranei: Theraphosidae). Arthropoda Selecta 29(4): 453-466. doi: 10.15298/arthsel.29.4.07 -- Show included taxa

Pérez-Miles, F., Lucas, S. M., Silva Jr., P. I. da & Bertani, R. (1996). Systematic revision and cladistic analysis of Theraphosinae (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Mygalomorph 1: 33-68. -- Show included taxa

Pickard-Cambridge, F. O. (1897a). Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London 2, 1-40, pl. 1-3. [[for the exact dates see Lyal, 2011]] -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. (2003l). Die Vogelspinnen: Eine weltweite Übersicht. Neue Brehm-Bücherei Hohenwarsleben, 383 pp. -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. (2005c). Die Gattung Davus O. P.-Cambridge, 1892 (Arachnida: Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae). Tarantulas of the World 104: 7-18. -- Show included taxa

Smith, A. M. (1995). Tarantula Spiders: Tarantulas of the U.S.A. and Mexico. Fitzgerald Publishing London, 196 pp. -- Show included taxa

Vol, F. (1999a). A propos d'une spermatheque inhabituelle. Arachnides 42: 1-13. -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Comment
2020-12-17	Species synonymy	Gabriel, Sherwood & Longhorn, 2020	Pseudoschizopelma sorkini synonymized with Pseudoschizopelma macropus
2020-12-17	New taxonomic reference entry	Gabriel, Sherwood & Longhorn, 2020
2020-12-17	Species transferred to new genus	Gabriel, Sherwood & Longhorn, 2020	Species transferred from Acentropelma to Pseudoschizopelma
2016-10-03	New taxonomic reference entry	Gabriel, 2016
2016-10-03	Species transferred to new genus	Gabriel, 2016	Species transferred from Cyclosternum to Acentropelma