In synonymy:
Melloicosa Roewer, 1960 = Birabenia Mello-Leitão, 1941 (Piacentini & Laborda, 2013: 40)

type Birabenia birabenae Mello-Leitão, 1941; gender feminine

N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Hogna Simon, 1885 by Piacentini & Laborda, 2013: 40 (contra Capocasale, 1990: 137) and considered by those authors to be a senior synonym of Melloicosa Roewer, 1960d: 949 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01636] (type Gnatholycosa vittata Mello-Leitão, 1945) .

In synonymy:
Birabenia murina (Mello-Leitão, 1941, T from Paratrochosina) = Birabenia birabenae Mello-Leitão, 1941 (Piacentini & Laborda, 2013: 43).
Birabenia sanogastensis (Mello-Leitão, 1941, T from Scaptocosa=Geolycosa) = Birabenia birabenae Mello-Leitão, 1941 (Piacentini & Laborda, 2013: 44).
Birabenia taeniata Mello-Leitão, 1943 = Birabenia birabenae Mello-Leitão, 1941 (Piacentini & Laborda, 2013: 43).

Birabenia birabenae Mello-Leitão, 1941d: 137, pl. 6, f. 27, 33-34 (Dmf).
Alopecosa murina Mello-Leitão, 1941d: 122, f. 19 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:018492].
Lycosa sanogastensis Mello-Leitão, 1941d: 133, f. 31, pl. 6, f. 25 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017861].
Birabenia taeniata Mello-Leitão, 1943c: 108, f. 9 (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019789].
Tarentula murinella Roewer, 1951: 441 (unneeded replacement name for Alopecosa murina, not thought congeneric with Lycosa murina Nicolet, 1849).
Paratrochosina murina Roewer, 1955c: 282 (in generic nomen nudum).
Scaptocosa sanogastensis Roewer, 1955c: 292.
Paratrochosina murina Roewer, 1960d: 931 (T from Alopecosa).
Hogna birabenae Capocasale, 1990: 137, f. 8-11 (mf).
Tetragonophthalma taeniata Capocasale, 1990: 138 (Tj from Birabenia).
Hogna taeniata Silva, Lise & Carico, 2009: 106 (Tj from Tetragonophthalma, considered a nomen dubium).
Birabenia birabenae Piacentini & Laborda, 2013: 42, f. 1a-f, 2a-f, 3a-g, 4a-e, 5a-b (mf, S).

Gnatholycosa vittata Mello-Leitão, 1945b: 249 (Dj).
Melloicosa vittata Roewer, 1955c: 278.
Birabenia vittata Piacentini & Laborda, 2013: 49, f. 6a-f, 7a-f, 8a-e, 9a-e, 10a-b (Dmf).