In synonymy:
Nemesiothele Dalmas, 1920 = Brachythele Ausserer, 1871 (Raven, 1985a: 96)

type Mygale icterica C. L. Koch, 1838; gender feminine

N.B.: transferred from the Dipluridae to the Nemesiidae and considered a senior synonym of Nemesiothele Dalmas, 1920a: 60 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04868] (type N. varrialei Dalmas, 1920) by Raven, 1985a: 96.

Transferred to other genera:
Brachythele anomala Schenkel, 1950 -- see Calisoga
Brachythele birulai Spassky, 1937 -- see Anemesia
Brachythele capensis Ausserer, 1871 -- see Hermacha
Brachythele chinensis Kulczyński, 1901 -- see Sinopesa
Brachythele fedotovi Charitonov, 1946 -- see Raveniola
Brachythele ferghanensis Zonstein, 1984 -- see Raveniola
Brachythele incursa Chamberlin, 1916 -- see Acanthogonatus
Brachythele karatauvi Andreeva, 1968 -- see Anemesia
Brachythele kopetdaghensis Fet, 1984 -- see Raveniola
Brachythele longitarsis Simon, 1891 -- see Calisoga
Brachythele micropa Ausserer, 1871 -- see Raveniola
Brachythele niedermeyeri Brignoli, 1972 -- see Raveniola
Brachythele pontica Spassky, 1937 -- see Raveniola
Brachythele recki Mcheidze, 1983 -- see Raveniola
Brachythele redikorzevi Spassky, 1937 -- see Raveniola
Brachythele theveneti Simon, 1891 -- see Calisoga
Brachythele virgata Simon, 1891 -- see Raveniola
Brachythele xizangensis Hu & Li, 1987 -- see Raveniola
Brachythele zaitzevi Charitonov, 1948 -- see Raveniola

Nomen dubium:
Brachythele keithi Chamberlin, 1916: 204, pl. 7, f. 11 (j [not f], Peru) -- Drolshagen & Bäckstam, 2021: 191.

Brachythele bentzieni Zonstein, 2007: 15, f. 1-8 (Dm).
Brachythele bentzieni Le Peru, 2011: 87, f. 38 (m).
Brachythele bentzieni Dimitrov & Zonstein, 2022: 586, f. 26-27 (m).

Nemesia denieri Simon, 1916a: 273 (Dm).
Nemesia denieri Fage, 1921a: 173, f. 1 (m).
Nemesiothele denieri Drensky, 1937: 269, f. 7-8 (m).
Brachythele denieri Lazarov, Deltshev & Blagoev, 2001: 8, f. 3-4 (Tm from Nemesia, after Drensky, 1937).
Brachythele denieri Le Peru, 2011: 88, f. 39 (m).

Mygale icterica C. L. Koch, 1838: vol. 5: 22, pl. 150, f. 351 (Dm).
Trechona icterica C. L. Koch, 1850: 74.
Eurypelma icterica Simon, 1864: 67.
Brachythele icterica Ausserer, 1871a: 174 (m).
Brachythele icterica Gerhardt, 1921: 245, pl. 1, f. 5 (m).
Brachythele icterica Giltay, 1932: 7, f. 3 (Df).

Brachythele incerta Ausserer, 1871a: 175 (Df).
Brachythele incerta Bosmans et al., 2019b: 25, f. 15b-d (f habitus).
Brachythele incerta Özkütük et al., 2022: 77, f. 9A-C (habitus, type is juvenile).

Brachythele langourovi Lazarov, 2005b: 189, f. 1-5 (Dmf).
Brachythele langourovi Le Peru, 2011: 88, f. 42 (mf).
Brachythele langourovi Naumova, Hristovski & Hristov, 2016: 505, f. 2B (f).
Brachythele langourovi Dimitrov & Zonstein, 2022: 586, f. 10-12 (m).

Brachythele media Kulczyński, in Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1897: 283 (Df).
Brachythele (?) media Polenec, 1978a: 371, f. 1-3 (Dm).
Brachythele media Le Peru, 2011: 88, f. 43 (m).
Brachythele media Naumova, Hristovski & Hristov, 2016: 505, f. 2A, 3A-B (f).
Brachythele media Dimitrov & Zonstein, 2022: 587, f. 16-25 (m).

Brachythele rhodopensis Dimitrov & Zonstein, 2022: 584, f. 1-9, 13-15 (Dm).

Brachythele speculatrix Kulczyński, in Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1897: 285 (Dj).

Nemesiothele varrialei Dalmas, 1920a: 61 (Dm).
Brachythele varrialei Raven, 1985a: 96, f. 85-91 (m).
Brachythele varrialei Le Peru, 2011: 89, f. 45 (m).
Brachythele varrialei Özkütük et al., 2022: 68, f. 1A-B, 2A-D, 3A, 4A-D, 5A-B, 6A-C, 7A-C, 8A (m, Df).

Brachythele zonsteini Özkütük et al., 2022: 70, f. 1C-D, 2E-F, 3B, 4E, 5C-F, 6D-G, 7D-G, 8B (Dmf).