Taxon details

Family: Theraphosidae / Genus: Psalistops

Psalistops melanopygius Simon, 1889

  • Rank: Species (Genus type)
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2020-11-06
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001547]
  • Distribution: Venezuela
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Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France; f (9877) of Psalistops montigena (Mori & Bertani, 2020)
  • Lectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France; f (AR146439) (Mori & Bertani, 2020)
  • Lectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France; f (9881) of Psalistops tigrinus (Mori & Bertani, 2020)
  • Lectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France; m (9856/100-01) of Psalistops zonatus (Mori & Bertani, 2020)
  • Paralectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France; 3f (AR146439) (Mori & Bertani, 2020)
  • Paralectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France; 4f 1j (9856/100-01) and 1m 11f (100-02) of Psalistops zonatus (Mori & Bertani, 2020)
  • Paralectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France; 4f (9881) of Psalistops tigrinus (Mori & Bertani, 2020)
Taxonomic references
Psalistops melanopygia Simon, 1889m: 196 (Df).
Epipedesis montigena Simon, 1889m: 203 (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001548].
Psalistops tigrinus Simon, 1889m: 198 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001552].
Psalistops zonatus Simon, 1889m: 197 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001554].
Psalistops zonatus Valerio, 1986: 9, f. 5 (f).
Psalistops melanopygius Mori & Bertani, 2020: 39, f. 20-47 (mf, S of Psalistops montigena, P. tigrinus and P. zonatus).
References

Mori, A. & Bertani, R. (2020). Revision and cladistic analysis of Psalistops Simon, 1889, Trichopelma Simon, 1888 and Cyrtogrammomma Pocock, 1895 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) based on a cladistic analysis of relationships of Theraphosidae, Barychelidae and Paratropididae. Zootaxa 4873(1): 1-132. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4873.1.1 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1889m). Voyage de M. E. Simon au Venezuela (Décembre 1887–Avril 1888). 4e Mémoire. Arachnides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (6) 9: 169-220, pl. 12-13. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Valerio, C. E. (1986). Mygalomorph spiders in the Barychelidae (Araneae) from Costa Rica. Journal of Arachnology 14: 93-99. download pdf -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2019). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [1 September 2019]

Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2020-11-06 New taxonomic reference entry Mori & Bertani, 2020 n/a
2020-11-06 Species synonymy Mori & Bertani, 2020 Psalistops zonatus synonymized with Psalistops melanopygius
2020-11-06 Species synonymy Mori & Bertani, 2020 Psalistops tigrinus synonymized with Psalistops melanopygius
2020-11-06 Species synonymy Mori & Bertani, 2020 Psalistops montigena synonymized with Psalistops melanopygius