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

Gen. Holothele Karsch, 1879 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00236 ]
N.B.: transferred from the Dipluridae to the Theraphosidae by Raven, 1980a: 254; considered a senior synonym of Schismatothele Karsch, 1879, Euthycaelus Simon, 1889 (both rejected, see below), Hemiercus Simon, 1903a: 929 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00929] (type Hapalopus inflatus Simon, 1889), Scopelobates Simon, 1903 (rejected by by Guadanucci, Perafán & Valencia-Cuéllar, 2017: 175) and Dryptopelmides Strand, 1907l: 18 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05105] (type D. ludwigi Strand, 1907) by Raven, 1985a: 153; considered a senior synonym of Stichoplastus Simon, 1889m: 208 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05136] (type S. ravidus Simon, 1889 = Holothele longipes (L. Koch, 1875)) (itself considered a senior synonym of Proshapalopus Mello-Leitão, 1923 by Raven, 1985a: 157) by Rudloff, 1997a: 10 (through transfer of type species); not a senior synonym of Schismatothele Karsch, 1879 (Rudloff, 1997a: 12, contra Raven, 1985a) or of Proshapalopus Mello-Leitão, 1923 (Rudloff, 1997a: 12; Bertani, 2001: 286); not a senior synonym of Euthycaelus Simon, 1889 (Guadanucci & Weinmann, 2014: 276, after Rudloff, 1997a: 7, contra Raven, 1985a: 157).
Status: accepted
Last updated
2023-03-05
Described in
Karsch, 1879d: 544 (type Holothele recta Karsch, 1879; gender feminine; syn. of Holothele longipes (L. Koch, 1875))
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Species counts
Counts Status
6accepted
5synonym
Reference

Karsch, F. (1879d). Arachnologische Beiträge. Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften 52: 534-562. download pdf

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2017-07-05 Genus updated (Old value)