Family: Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0010] Back
Gen.
Plesiopelma Pocock, 1901 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00267 ]
N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Citharacanthus Pocock, 1900 and considered a senior synonym of Ceropelma Mello-Leitão, 1923a: 175 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05096] (type C. insularis Mello-Leitão, 1923) by Pérez-Miles et al., 1996: 55.
Status:
accepted
Last updated
2024-01-09
2024-01-09
Described in
Pocock, 1901c: 553 (type Plesiopelma myodes Pocock, 1901; gender neuter)
Pocock, 1901c: 553 (type Plesiopelma myodes Pocock, 1901; gender neuter)
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Species counts
| Counts | Status |
| 13 | accepted |
| 2 | synonym |
Reference
Edit history
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 
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