Last updated Sept. 1, 2003

N.B.: Paratropidae is an incorrect spelling (see Bonnet).

In synonymy:
Glabropelma Raven, 1985 = Melloina Brignoli, 1985 (Platnick, 1989b: 112).

Homonym replaced:
Melloa Schenkel, 1953 -- see Melloina.

f tuberculata Simon, 1891 *....................St. Vincent
A. t. Simon, 1891c: 550 (Df).
A. bacillifera Simon, 1892a: 78.
A. t. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1896: 728, pl. 44, f. 3-5 (f).
A. t. Raven, 1985a: 122, f. 165-170.

f gigantea F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1896 *....................Brazil
A. g. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1896: 726, pl. 34, f. 37 (Df).

M. Brignoli, 1985: 380, replacement name for Melloa Schenkel, 1953a: 3, type M. gracilis Schenkel, 1953, preoccupied; transferred here from the Theraphosidae by Raven, 1985a: 122; objective senior synonym of Glabropelma Raven, 1985a: 122 (superfluous replacement name for Melloa).

m gracilis (Schenkel, 1953) *....................Venezuela
Melloa g. Schenkel, 1953a: 4, f. 4a-c (Dm).
M. g. Brignoli, 1985: 380.
Glabropelma g. Raven, 1985a: 122, f. 16-17 (m).
M. g. Raven, 1999: 819, f. 2A-H (m).

f rickwesti Raven, 1999....................Panama
M. r. Raven, 1999: 821, f. 3A-E, 4A-E, 5A-D (Df).

mf papilligera F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1896....................Brazil
P. p. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1896: 723, pl. 34, f. 1, 6-8, 23, pl. 35, f. 17 (Dmf).
P. p. Simon, 1903a: 874, f. 1032.

f sanguinea Mello-Leitão, 1923....................Brazil
P. s. Mello-Leitão, 1923a: 36 (Df).

f scruposa Simon, 1889 *....................Peru
P. s. Simon, 1889m: 215 (Df).
P. scrupea Simon, 1892a: 78, f. 78-79 (f).
P. s. Raven, 1985a: 122, f. 171-178.

f seminermis Caporiacco, 1955....................Venezuela
P. s. Caporiacco, 1955: 271 (Df).