Family: Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0010] Detail
In synonymy:
Ceropelma Mello-Leitão, 1923 = Plesiopelma Pocock, 1901 (Pérez-Miles et al., 1996: 55)
Gen. Plesiopelma Pocock, 1901 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00267] Detail
type Plesiopelma myodes Pocock, 1901; gender neuter
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.
Transferred to other genera:
Plesiopelma flavohirtum (Simon, 1889) -- see Catanduba
In synonymy:
Plesiopelma alcirae (Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1954, T from Homoeomma) = Plesiopelma longisternale (Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1942) (Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1970b: 233, sub Ceropelma).
Plesiopelma symmetricum (Bücherl, 1949, T from Cyclosternum per Raven) = Plesiopelma insulare (Mello-Leitão, 1923) (Indicatti et al., 2008a: 34).
Plesiopelma absconditum Ferretti, Nicoletta & Soresi, 2024 | m f | Argentina     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059662]
Plesiopelma absconditus Ferretti, Nicoletta & Soresi, 2024: 136, f. 6A-E, 7A-F, 8A-G (Dmf; specific epithet is an adjective).
Plesiopelma aspidosperma Ferretti & Barneche, 2014 | m | Argentina     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046736]
Plesiopelma aspidosperma Ferretti & Barneche, 2014: 377, f. 9-15 (Dm).
Plesiopelma aspidosperma Allegue et al., 2023a: 1851, f. 15-25 (m).
Plesiopelma gertschi (Caporiacco, 1955) | f | Venezuela     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002328]
Ceropelma gertschi Caporiacco, 1955: 279 (Df).
Plesiopelma imperatrix Piza, 1976 | f | Brazil     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002329]
Plesiopelma imperatrix Piza, 1976a: 3, f. 1 (Df).
Eurypelma imperatrix Brignoli, 1983c: 137 (T due to generic S of Eurypelma, but that S rejected by Raven, 1985a: 157).
Citharacanthus imperatrix Platnick, 1993c: 103 (T due to generic S of Plesiopelma, but that S rejected by Pérez-Miles et al., 1996: 55).
Plesiopelma insulare (Mello-Leitão, 1923) | m f | Brazil     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002330]
Ceropelma insularis Mello-Leitão, 1923a: 176 (Dm).
Magulla symmetrica Bücherl, 1949b: 264, f. 1-2, pls. I-II (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001948].
Ceropelma insulare Bücherl, 1957: 389, f. 28-28a (m).
Ceropelma insularis Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1970b: 229, f. 1-5 (m).
Magulla symmetrica Lucas & Bücherl, 1973: 244, f. 7 (f only).
Magulla symmetrica Schmidt, 1986: 42, f. 19-20 (m).
Ceropelma insulare Schmidt, 1986: 46, f. 48-49 (m).
Ceropelma insulare Schmidt, 1993d: 61, f. 36-37 (m).
Cyclosternum symmetricum Schmidt, 1993d: 62, f. 61-63 (mf).
Plesiopelma insulare Pérez-Miles et al., 1996: 55, f. 38 (m).
Plesiopelma insulare Schmidt, 1997g: 15, f. 42, 46 (m).
Cyclosternum symmetricum Schmidt, 1997g: 18, f. 127, 132 (m).
Plesiopelma insulare Bertani, 2000: 30, f. 11-12 (m).
Cyclosternum symmetricum Schmidt, 2003l: 157, f. 307-309 (mf).
Plesiopelma insulare Schmidt, 2003l: 184, f. 470-471 (m).
Plesiopelma insulare Indicatti et al., 2008a: 34 (S of Cyclosternum symmetricum).
Plesiopelma longisternale (Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1942) | m f | Argentina, Uruguay     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002331]
Ceropelma longisternalis Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1942: 317, f. 1-3 (Dm).
Homoeomma alcirae Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1954: 420, f. 1-3 (Dm).
Ceropelma longisternalis Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1970b: 233, f. 6-12 (m, Df, S of Homoeomma alcirae).
Ceropelma longisternalis Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1973b: 64, f. 85-91 (mf).
Ceropelma longisternalis Schmidt, 1993d: 61, f. 43-45 (mf).
Plesiopelma longisternale Pérez-Miles et al., 1996: 55, f. 39 (m).
Plesiopelma longisternale Schmidt, 1997g: 16, f. 45, 48, 51 (mf).
Plesiopelma longisternale Vol, 1999a: 12, f. U (f).
Plesiopelma longisternale Schmidt, 1999f: 9, f. 10-12 (mf).
Plesiopelma longisternale Schmidt, 2003l: 125, f. 96-98 (mf).
Plesiopelma longisternale Ferretti et al., 2010: 17, f. 7-8 (m).
Plesiopelma longisternale Pérez-Miles & Perafán, 2020: 129, f. 5.3A (m).
Plesiopelma longisternale Ferretti, Nicoletta & Soresi, 2024: 134, f. 2, 3A-D, 4A-E, 5A-D (mf).
Plesiopelma manni Gabriel, Sherwood & Pérez-Miles, 2023 | m | Bolivia     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059363]
Plesiopelma manni Gabriel, Sherwood & Pérez-Miles, 2023: 948, f. 16-25 (Dm).
Plesiopelma minense (Mello-Leitão, 1943) | m | Brazil     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002494]
Tmesiphantes minensis Mello-Leitão, 1943b: 257 (Dm).
Tmesiphantes minensis Bücherl, 1957: 392, f. 39-39a (m).
Tmesiphantes minensis Schmidt, 1986: 42, f. 22-23 (m).
Dryptopelma minense Schmidt, 1993d: 65, f. 91-92 (m).
Tmesiphantes minensis Schaefer, 1996: 27, f. 15-16 (m, T from Dryptopelma = Cyclosternum).
Tmesiphantes minensis Schmidt, 2003l: 192, f. 525-526 (m).
Plesiopelma minensis Yamamoto et al., 2007: 977 (T from Tmesiphantes).
Plesiopelma myodes Pocock, 1901 * | m f | Uruguay     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002332]
Plesiopelma myodes Pocock, 1901c: 554 (Dm).
Plesiopelma myodes Mello-Leitão, 1923a: 181 (Df).
Plesiopelma myodes Pérez-Miles et al., 1996: 55, f. 40 (f).
Plesiopelma paganoi Ferretti & Barneche, 2014 | m | Argentina     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046735]
Plesiopelma paganoi Ferretti & Barneche, 2014: 375, f. 1-6 (Dm).
Plesiopelma physopus (Mello-Leitão, 1926) | m | Brazil     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002496]
Tmesiphantes physopus Mello-Leitão, 1926a: 318, f. 6 (Dm).
Tmesiphantes physopus Schaefer, 1996: 27 (T from Dryptopelma = Cyclosternum).
Plesiopelma physopus Yamamoto et al., 2007: 977 (T from Tmesiphantes).
Plesiopelma rectimanus (Mello-Leitão, 1923) | m f | Brazil     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002333]
Hapalopus rectimanus Mello-Leitão, 1923a: 161 (Dmf; specific epithet is a noun).
Hapalopus rectimanus Smith, 1986b: 84, f. 45h (m).
Hapalopus rectimanus Smith, 1987d: 84, f. 45h (m).
Plesiopelma rectimanum Pérez-Miles et al., 1996: 48 (T from Hapalopus).
Plesiopelma semiaurantiacum (Simon, 1897) | m f | Paraguay, Uruguay     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002334]
Cyclosternum semiaurantiacum Simon, 1897e: 4 (Dmf).
Hapalopus semiaurantiacus Roewer, 1942a: 231.
Cyclosternum semiaurantiacum Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1962b: 72, pl. 2, f. 1 (f, T from Hapalopus).
Ceropelma semiaurantiacum Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1970b: 237, f. 13-18 (mf, T from Cyclosternum).
Ceropelma semiaurantiacum Schmidt, 1993d: 61, f. 38-39 (mf).
Plesiopelma semiaurantiacum Schmidt, 1997g: 16, f. 43, 49 (mf).
Plesiopelma semiaurantiacum Schmidt, 2003l: 184, f. 472-473 (f).
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