Psalistops

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Psalistops
Temporal range: Neogene–present
Scientific classification File:OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
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]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 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.
  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