Family: Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0010] Back

Gen. Aphonopelma Pocock, 1901 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00195 ]
N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Eurypelma C. L. Koch, 1850 by Chamberlin, 1940a: 4; recovered as polyphyletic by Turner et al., 2018: 99; considered a junior synonym of Rhechostica Simon, 1892a: 162 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05132] (type Homoeomma texense Simon, 1891) (which was suppressed by ICZN, 1991: Opinion 1637, see also Levi & Kraus, 1989) and a senior synonym of Dugesiella Pocock, 1901c: 551 (revalidated by Gabriel, 2022: 11), Delopelma Petrunkevitch, 1939b: 567 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05103] (type Eurypelma marxi Simon, 1890) (considered a subgenus of Aphonopelma by Chamberlin, 1940a: 26), Chaunopelma Chamberlin, 1940a: 30 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05098] (type Delopelma radinum Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939), Clavopelma Chamberlin, 1940a: 30 (S rejected, see below) and Gosipelma Chamberlin, 1940a: 21 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05110] (type G. angusi Chamberlin, 1940) (described as a subgenus of Aphonopelma but provisionally considered an independent genus by Brignoli, 1983c: 137) by Raven, 1985a: 149-153; considered a senior synonym of Apachepelma Smith, 1995: 45 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04822] (type Aphonopelma paloma Prentice, 1993) by Prentice, 1997: 147; not a senior synonym of Pterinopelma Pocock, 1901 (PĂ©rez-Miles, 1992: 28, contra Raven, 1985a); not a senior synonym of Clavopelma Chamberlin, 1940 (Prentice, 1997: 148) or Pterinopelma Pocock, 1901 (Bertani, Nagahama & Fukushima, 2011: 3).
Status: accepted
Last updated
2023-01-17
Described in
Pocock, 1901c: 553 (type Eurypelma seemanni F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897; gender neuter)
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Species counts
Counts Status
54accepted
38synonym
18nomen dubium
Reference

Pocock, R. I. (1901c). Some new and old genera of S.-American Avicularidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 8(48): 540-555. doi:10.1080/03745480109443359 download pdf

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