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

Gen. Acentropelma Pocock, 1901 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04337 ]
N.B.: removed from synonymy with Stichoplastus Simon, 1889 (which itself is a synonym of Holothele Karsch, 1879) by Gabriel, 2016: 84; considered a senior synonym of Pseudoschizopelma Smith, 1995: 186 (contra PĂ©rez-Miles et al., 1996: 46, who regarded it as a synonym of Cyclosternum Ausserer, 1871) by Gabriel, 2016: 84, Pseudoschizopelma revalidated by Gabriel, Sherwood & Longhorn, 2020: 458.
Status: accepted
Last updated
2020-12-17
Described in
Pocock, 1901c: 554 (type Metriopelma spinulosum F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897; gender neuter)
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Species counts
Counts Status
2accepted
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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Date Type Reference Detail
2020-12-17 Genus synonymy Gabriel, 2016 Pseudoschizopelma synonymized with Acentropelma
2016-10-03 New genus inserted Pocock, 1901c n/a