Family: Pycnothelidae Chamberlin, 1917 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0141] Back

Gen. Pselligmus Simon, 1892 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00129 ]
N.B.: transferred from the Ctenizidae to the Nemesiidae by Raven, 1985a: 107; placed in Nemesiidae (Pycnothelinae) by Raven, 1985a: 47, but not included in Pycnothelidae by Opatova et al., 2020: 701; transferred from the Nemesiidae to the Pycnothelidae by Montes de Oca et al., 2022: 11; not a senior synonym of Petropolisia Mello-Leitão, 1920 (Goloboff, 1995: 52, contra Raven, 1985a: 107) or Psalistopoides Mello-Leitão, 1934 (Lucas & Indicatti, 2006: 547, contra Raven, 1985a: 107).
Status: accepted
Last updated
2022-01-12
Described in
Simon, 1892d: 273 (type Pselligmus infaustus Simon, 1892; gender masculine)
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1accepted
Reference

Simon, E. (1892d). Etudes arachnologiques. 24e Mémoire. XXXIX. Descriptions d'espèces et de genres nouveaux de la famille des Aviculariidae (suite). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 61: 271-284. download pdf

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Date Type Reference Detail
2022-01-12 Genus transferred to other family Montes de Oca et al., 2022 Pselligmus Simon, 1892 transferred to Pycnothelidae