Family: Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0010] Detail
In synonymy:
Hapalopinus Simon, 1903 = Trichopelma Simon, 1888 (Raven, 1985a: 153)
Leptofischelia Strand, 1929 = Trichopelma Simon, 1888 (Raven, 1985a: 155)
Leptostylus Fischel, 1927 = Trichopelma Simon, 1888 (Raven, 1985a: 155, automatically together with its replacement name Leptofischelia)
Merothele Petrunkevitch, 1925 = Trichopelma Simon, 1888 (Raven, 1985a: 156)
Obaerarius Petrunkevitch, 1926 = Trichopelma Simon, 1888 (Raven, 1985a: 157)
Stothis Simon, 1889 = Trichopelma Simon, 1888 (Raven, 1985a: 159)
Gen. Trichopelma Simon, 1888 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00185] Detail
type Trichopelma nitidum Simon, 1888; gender neuter
N.B.: transferred from the Barychelidae to the Theraphosidae by Guadanucci, 2014: 514, confirmed by Mori & Bertani, 2020; belongs probably to Barychelidae after Tamayo, 2017: 196; considered a senior synonym of Stothis Simon, 1889m: 198 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05137] (type S. coenobita Simon, 1889), Hapalopinus Simon, 1903a: 930 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05111] (type H. cubanus Simon, 1903), Merothele Petrunkevitch, 1925a: 91 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05122] (type M. zebra Petrunkevitch, 1925), Obaerarius Petrunkevitch, 1926: 40 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05126] (type O. insulanus Petrunkevitch, 1926) and Leptofischelia Strand, 1929: 18 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05118] (replacement name for Leptostylus Fischel, 1927: 65 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05117] (type L. scopulatus Fischel 1927), preoccupied in Coleoptera by LeConte, 1852) by Raven, 1985a: 153.
Transferred to other genera:
Trichopelma annulata Mello-Leitão, 1943 -- see Neodiplothele
Trichopelma astutum (Simon, 1889) -- see Euthycaelus
Trichopelma flavicomum Simon, 1891 -- see Neodiplothele
Trichopelma maddeni Esposito & Agnarsson, 2014 -- see Holothele
In synonymy:
Trichopelma arastellatum (Franganillo, 1930, T from Leptopelma) = Trichopelma insulanum (Petrunkevitch, 1926) (Franganillo, 1931a: 285, sub Psalistops).
Trichopelma banksia Özdikmen & Demir, 2012 = Trichopelma cubanum (Simon, 1903) (Ríos-Tamayo, 2024a: 361).
Trichopelma corozali (Petrunkevitch, 1929, T from Psalistops) = Trichopelma insulanum (Petrunkevitch, 1926) (Mori & Bertani, 2020: 72).
Trichopelma cubanum (Banks, 1909) = Trichopelma cubanum (Simon, 1903) (Ríos-Tamayo, 2024a: 361).
Trichopelma maculosus (Bryant, 1948, T from Psalistops) = Trichopelma fulvum (Bryant, 1948) (Mori & Bertani, 2020: 79).
Homonym replaced:
Trichopelma maculatum (Franganillo, 1930) -- see Trichopelma eucubanum
Nomina dubia:
Trichopelma eucubanum Özdikmen & Demir, 2012: 119 (replacement name; originally Stothis maculata Franganillo, 1930: 7, Cuba) -- Mori & Bertani, 2020: 123.
Trichopelma scopulatum (Fischel, 1927: 65, f. 7-8, m, Venezuela, originally in Leptostylus) -- Mori & Bertani, 2020: 121.
Trichopelma spinosum (Franganillo, 1926a: 42, Cuba, originally in Stothis) -- Mori & Bertani, 2020: 121.
Trichopelma affine (Simon, 1892) | f | St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001615]
Stothis affinis Simon, 1892e: 552 (Df).
Trichopelma affine Mori & Bertani, 2020: 64, f. 101-108 (f).
Trichopelma baracoense Ríos-Tamayo, 2024 | m f | Cuba     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060185]
Trichopelma baracoense Ríos-Tamayo, 2024a: 353, f. 2A-G, 3A-H, 4A-F (Dmf).
Trichopelma bimini Mori & Bertani, 2020 | f | Bahamas     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052515]
Trichopelma bimini Mori & Bertani, 2020: 106, f. 270-275 (Df).
Trichopelma cheguevarai Ríos-Tamayo, 2024 | m | Cuba     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060186]
Trichopelma cheguevarai Ríos-Tamayo, 2024a: 358, f. 5A-G, 6A-I (Dm).
Trichopelma citma Ríos-Tamayo, 2024 | f | Cuba     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060187]
Trichopelma citma Ríos-Tamayo, 2024a: 360, f. 7A-F (Df).
Trichopelma coenobita (Simon, 1889) | m f | Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001617]
Stothis cenobita Simon, 1889m: 198 (Df).
Stothis coenobita Simon, 1892a: 125, 128.
Trichopelma coenobita Mori & Bertani, 2020: 56, f. 77-94 (Dm, f).
Trichopelma cubanum (Simon, 1903) | m f | Cuba     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001619]
Hapalopinus cubanus Simon, 1903a: 930, f. 1085-1086 (Dm).
Stothis cubana Banks, 1909b: 155 (Df; preoccupied by Simon, 1903, see Trichopelma cubanum) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056484].
Hapalopinus cubanus Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1973b: 70, f. 58-62 (m).
Hapalopinus cubanus Schmidt, 1986: 42, f. 15-16 (m).
Psalistops cubanus Wunderlich, 1988: 52, f. 33 (m).
Trichopelma banksia Özdikmen & Demir, 2012: 119 (replacement name; taken as noun in apposition) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001620].
Trichopelma cubanum Ríos-Tamayo, 2017: 195, f. 1A-G, 2.8-10 (m).
Trichopelma banksia Mori & Bertani, 2020: 70, f. 127-132 (f).
Trichopelma cubanum Ríos-Tamayo, 2024a: 361, f. 8A-G, 9A-H (m, S of Trichopelma banksia and its replaced name).
Trichopelma fidelcastroi Ríos-Tamayo, 2024 | m f | Cuba     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060188]
Trichopelma fidelcastroi Ríos-Tamayo, 2024a: 365, f. 10A-G, 11A-H, 12A-F (Dmf).
Trichopelma fulvum (Bryant, 1948) | m f | Haiti     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001544]
Psalistops fulva Bryant, 1948b: 335, f. 2, 5, 9 (Dmf).
Psalistops maculosa Bryant, 1948b: 336, f. 1, 8 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001546].
Psalistops fulvus Brignoli, 1983c: 131.
Psalistops maculosus Brignoli, 1983c: 131.
Psalistops maculata Wunderlich, 1988: 52, f. 34 (m, lapsus).
Trichopelma fulvus Mori & Bertani, 2020: 79, f. 161-190 (mf, T from Psalistops, S of Psalistops maculosus).
Trichopelma gabrieli Mori & Bertani, 2020 | f | Dominican Rep.     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052510]
Trichopelma gabrieli Mori & Bertani, 2020: 92, f. 215-220 (Df).
Trichopelma goloboffi Mori & Bertani, 2020 | f | Cuba     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052512]
Trichopelma goloboffi Mori & Bertani, 2020: 97, f. 233-238 (Df).
Trichopelma grande Ortiz & Fonseca, 2024 | m | Cuba     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062979]
Trichopelma grande Ortiz & Fonseca, 2024: 2195, f. 3, 4A-E, 5A-C, 6A-D (Dm).
Trichopelma granmense Ríos-Tamayo, 2024 | m f | Cuba     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060189]
Trichopelma granmense Ríos-Tamayo, 2024a: 370, f. 13A-G, 14A-H, 15A-F (Dmf).
Trichopelma huffi Mori & Bertani, 2020 | m f | Dominican Rep.     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052509]
Trichopelma huffi Mori & Bertani, 2020: 88, f. 197-214 (Dmf).
Trichopelma illetabile Simon, 1888 | j | Brazil     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001622]
Trichopelma illetabilis Simon, 1888b: 216 (Df; type is a jm).
Trichopelma illetabile Vellard, 1924a: 147, pl. 10, f. 39 (f).
Trichopelma illetabile Mori & Bertani, 2020: 115, f. 306-310 (incertae sedis, misplaced in Trichopelma, probably belongs to Barychelidae, Sasoninae, in abstract as nomen dubium).
Trichopelma insulanum (Petrunkevitch, 1926) | m f | US Virgin Is. (St. Thomas), Puerto Rico     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001623]
Obaerarius insulanus Petrunkevitch, 1926: 40, f. 4 (Df).
Psalistops corozali Petrunkevitch, 1929b: 17, f. 6-7 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001618].
Leptopelma arastellatus Franganillo, 1930: 4 (D) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056483].
Psalistops corozali Franganillo, 1931c: 285 (S of Leptopelma arastellatum).
Trichopelma corozali Raven, 1985a: 113 (T from Psalistops).
Trichopelma insulanum Mori & Bertani, 2020: 72, f. 137 (Dm, f, S of Trichopelma corozali).
Trichopelma juventud Mori & Bertani, 2020 | m f | Cuba     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052513]
Trichopelma juventud Mori & Bertani, 2020: 99, f. 239-257 (Dmf).
Trichopelma laselva Valerio, 1986 | f | Costa Rica     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001624]
Trichopelma laselva Valerio, 1986: 97, f. 4, 8-9, 12-13 (f).
Trichopelma laselva Mori & Bertani, 2020: 85, f. 191-196 (f).
Trichopelma laurae Mori & Bertani, 2020 | m | Cuba     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052514]
Trichopelma laurae Mori & Bertani, 2020: 103, f. 258-269 (Dm).
Trichopelma loui Mori & Bertani, 2020 | m f | Jamaica     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052516]
Trichopelma loui Mori & Bertani, 2020: 106, f. 276-293 (Dmf).
Trichopelma maculatum (Banks, 1906) | m f | Bahamas     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001625]
Acanthopelma maculatum Banks, 1906a: 185, f. 1-2 (Df).
Trichopelma maculatum Rudloff, 1997b: 9 (T from Acanthopelma).
Trichopelma maculatum Mori & Bertani, 2020: 66, f. 109-126 (Dm, f).
Trichopelma nitidum Simon, 1888 * | m | Dominican Rep.     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001627]
Trichopelma nitida Simon, 1888b: 215 (Dm).
Trichopelma nitidum Mori & Bertani, 2020: 53, f. 65-69 (m).
Trichopelma platnicki Mori & Bertani, 2020 | f | Jamaica     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052517]
Trichopelma platnicki Mori & Bertani, 2020: 112, f. 294-299 (Df).
Trichopelma rudloffi Ríos-Tamayo, 2024 | m f | Cuba     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060190]
Trichopelma rudloffi Ríos-Tamayo, 2024a: 375, f. 16A-E, 17A-H, 18A-F (Dmf).
Trichopelma soroense Ríos-Tamayo, 2024 | m f | Cuba     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060191]
Trichopelma soroense Ríos-Tamayo, 2024a: 379, f. 19A-G, 20A-I, 21A-F (D.
Trichopelma steini (Simon, 1889) | f | Venezuela     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002119]
Euthycaelus steini Simon, 1889m: 201 (Df).
Psalistops steini Guadanucci & Weinmann, 2014: 287 (T from Euthycaelus).
Trichopelma steini Mori & Bertani, 2020: 61, f. 95-100 (f, T from Psalistops).
Trichopelma tostoi Mori & Bertani, 2020 | m | Dominican Rep.     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052511]
Trichopelma tostoi Mori & Bertani, 2020: 93, f. 221-232 (Dm).
Trichopelma venadense (Valerio, 1986) | f | Costa Rica     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001553]
Psalistops venadensis Valerio, 1986: 94, f. 1-3, 6-7, 10-11 (Df).
Trichopelma venadensis Mori & Bertani, 2020: 87 (T from Psalistops).
Trichopelma zebra (Petrunkevitch, 1925) | f | Panama     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001630]
Merothele zebra Petrunkevitch, 1925a: 91 (Df).
Trichopelma zebra Mori & Bertani, 2020: 72, f. 133-136 (f).
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