Biology:Psalistops

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Psalistops
Temporal range: Neogene–present
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Psalistops
Simon, 1889[1]
Type species
P. melanopygius
Simon, 1889
Species

12, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Epipedesis Simon, 1889[2]

Psalistops is a genus of brushed trapdoor spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1889.[3]

Species

(As of April 2019) it contains twelve species in South America and the Caribbean:[1]

  • Psalistops fulvus Bryant, 1948 – Hispaniola
  • Psalistops gasci Maréchal, 1996 – French Guiana
  • Psalistops maculosus Bryant, 1948 – Hispaniola
  • Psalistops melanopygius Simon, 1889 (type) – Venezuela
  • Psalistops montigena (Simon, 1889) – Venezuela
  • Psalistops nigrifemuratus Mello-Leitão, 1939 – Brazil
  • Psalistops opifex (Simon, 1889) – Venezuela
  • Psalistops solitarius (Simon, 1889) – Venezuela
  • Psalistops steini (Simon, 1889) – Venezuela
  • Psalistops tigrinus Simon, 1889 – Venezuela
  • Psalistops venadensis Valerio, 1986 – Costa Rica
  • Psalistops zonatus Simon, 1889 – Venezuela

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). Gen. Psalistops Simon, 1889. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/463. Retrieved 2019-05-17. 
  2. Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 182: 152. 
  3. Simon, E. (1889), "Arachnides", Voyage de M. E. Simon au Venezuela, Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 

Wikidata ☰ Q2099948 entry