Psalistops
Genus of spiders
| Psalistops Temporal range: Neogene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| 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] | |
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Psalistops is a genus of brushed trapdoor spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1889.[3]
Species
As of April 2019[update] 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
- ^ a b c Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Psalistops Simon, 1889". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 152.
- ^ Simon, E. (1889), "Arachnides", Voyage de M. E. Simon au Venezuela, Annales de la Société Entomologique de France
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