Family: Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0010] Back
Gen.
Haplopelma Simon, 1892 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00229 ]
N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Melopoeus Pocock, 1895 by Raven, 1985a: 116 (but see also Schmidt, 2010b, who considered the type species a member of Ornithoctonus Pocock, 1892 and therefore considered Melopoeus the earliest available name for the remaining species).
Status:
synonym
Last updated
2022-05-04
2022-05-04
Described in
Simon, 1892a: 151 (type Selenocosmia doriae Thorell, 1890; gender neuter)
Simon, 1892a: 151 (type Selenocosmia doriae Thorell, 1890; gender neuter)
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Reference
Edit history
Simon, E. (1892a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome premier. Roret, Paris, pp. 1-256. [second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973 
| Date | Type | Reference | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-09-22 | Genus updated | Smith & Jacobi, 2015 | Status: Synonym (Old value) |