Family: Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0010] Back
Gen.
Phrixotrichus Simon, 1889 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04249 ]
N.B.: replacement name for Orthothrichus Karsch, 1880c: 390 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05093], preoccupied in Coleoptera by Peyron, 1856; not a junior synonym of Euathlus Ausserer, 1875 (Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014b: 2408, Pérez-Miles et al., 1996: 54, contra Schmidt, 1996a: 14); considered a senior synonym of Ashantia Strand, 1908b: 759 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05090] (type A. latithorax Strand, 1908 = Phrixotrichus vulpinus (Karsch, 1880)) by Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014b: 2408, contra Gallon, 2005d: 199, who considered it a junior synonym of Euathlus Ausserer, 1875.
Status:
accepted
Last updated
2024-07-02
2024-07-02
Described in
Simon, 1889a: 222 (type Orthothrichus vulpinus Karsch, 1880; gender masculine)
Simon, 1889a: 222 (type Orthothrichus vulpinus Karsch, 1880; gender masculine)
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Species counts
| Counts | Status |
| 4 | accepted |
| 2 | synonym |
| 1 | nomen dubium |
Reference
Edit history
Simon, E. (1889a). Etudes arachnologiques. 21e Mémoire. XXX. Descriptions de quelques arachnides du Chili et remarques synonymiques sur quelques unes des espèces décrites par Nicolet. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (6) 8: 217-222. 
| Date | Type | Reference | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-04-08 | Genus synonymy | Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014b | Ashantia synonymized with Phrixotrichus |
| 2015-04-07 | Genus updated | Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014b | Removed synonymy (Old value) |