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
Last updated
2021-08-27
2021-08-27
Described in
Simon, 1891f: 338 (type Mygale emilia White, 1856; gender neuter)
Simon, 1891f: 338 (type Mygale emilia White, 1856; gender neuter)
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Species counts
| Counts | Status |
| 8 | accepted |
| 2 | synonym |
Reference
Edit history
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. 
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