Family: Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0010] Back
Gen.
Euathlus Ausserer, 1875 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00219 ]
N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Brachypelma Simon, 1891 by Raven, 1985a: 150; Schmidt, 1991b: 12 removed Brachypelma from synonymy; that resurrection was subsequently rejected by Smith, 1991b: 19, but was justified by Schmidt, 1992a: 10 and a senior synonym of Paraphysa Simon, 1892a: 166 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00262] (type P. manicata Simon, 1892) by Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014b: 2397 (in part, nec Paraphysa peruviana Schmidt, 2007, nec Paraphysa riparia Schmidt & Bolle, 2008); not a senior synonym of Phrixotrichus Simon, 1889 per Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014b: 2408, contra Schmidt, 1996a: 14 (contra Pérez-Miles et al., 1996: 54, who considered Phrixotrichus a senior synonym of Grammostola Simon, 1892) and not a senior synonym of Ashantia Strand, 1908 per Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014b: 2408, contra Gallon, 2005d: 199 (contra Raven, 1985a: 112).
Status:
accepted
Last updated
2024-09-30
2024-09-30
Described in
Ausserer, 1875: 188 (type Euathlus truculentus L. Koch, 1875; gender masculine)
Ausserer, 1875: 188 (type Euathlus truculentus L. Koch, 1875; gender masculine)
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Species counts
| Counts | Status |
| 14 | accepted |
| 1 | synonym |
Reference
Edit history
Ausserer, A. (1875). Zweiter Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autor). Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 25: 125-206, pl. 5-7. 
| Date | Type | Reference | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-04-08 | Genus synonymy | Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014b | Paraphysa synonymized with Euathlus |