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

Gen. Brachypelma Simon, 1891 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00200 ]
N.B.: Brachypelma recovered as diphyletic by Turner et al., 2018: 99 and redefined by Mendoza & Francke, 2020: 92 incl. splitting of Tliltocatl Mendoza & Francke, 2020; removed from the synonymy of Euathlus Ausserer, 1875 by Schmidt, 1992a: 10; considered a senior synonym of Brachypelmides Schmidt & Krause, 1994b: 7 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04824] (type B. klaasi Schmidt & Krause, 1994) by Smith, 1995: 159; synonymy of Brachypelmides not accepted by Schmidt, 1997d and Schmidt, 1998f, but confirmed by Mendoza & Francke, 2020: 92.
Status: accepted
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2021-08-27
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Simon, 1891f: 338 (type Mygale emilia White, 1856; gender neuter)
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Counts Status
8accepted
2synonym
Reference

Simon, E. (1891f). Liste des espéces de la famille des Aviculariidae qui habitent le Mexique et l'Amérique du Nord. Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 44(1890): 307-339. download pdf

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