Family: Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0010] Detail
Gen. Psalmopoeus Pocock, 1895 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00271] Detail
type Psalmopoeus cambridgei Pocock, 1895; gender masculine
N.B.: placed, along with Tapinauchenius Ausserer, 1871 in the Sinurticantinae, a nomen nudum (with no type genus specified and none corresponding to the "subfamily" name), by Samm & Schmidt, 2008: 3, in the Psalmopoeinae by Schmidt, 2010c).
In synonymy:
Psalmopoeus copanensis Gabriel & Sherwood, 2020 = Psalmopoeus victori Mendoza, 2014 (Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022: 96).
Psalmopoeus intermedius Chamberlin, 1940 = Psalmopoeus reduncus (Karsch, 1880) (Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022: 70).
Psalmopoeus petenensis Gabriel & Sherwood, 2020 = Psalmopoeus victori Mendoza, 2014 (Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022: 96).
Psalmopoeus rufus Petrunkevitch, 1925 = Psalmopoeus pulcher Petrunkevitch, 1925 (Gabriel, 2014a: 135).
Psalmopoeus sandersoni Gabriel & Sherwood, 2020 = Psalmopoeus victori Mendoza, 2014 (Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022: 96).
Nomen dubium:
Psalmopoeus affinis Strand, 1907l: 87 (f, West Indies) -- Gabriel, 2014a: 133.
Psalmopoeus cambridgei Pocock, 1895 * | m f | Trinidad and Tobago     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002364]
Psalmopoeus cambridgii Pocock, 1895a: 178, pl. 10, f. 3 (Df).
Santaremia longipes F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896: 749 (Df).
Psalmopoeus cambridgei F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899c: 892, pl. 4, f. 2-7 (Dm, f, S of Santaremia longipes).
Psalmopoeus cambridgei Smith, 1987d: 24, pl. I.28 (m).
Psalmopoeus cambridgei Hancock & Hancock, 1989: 52, f. 47 (f).
Psalmopoeus cambridgei Saager, 1994: 59, f. 6B (f).
Psalmopoeus cambridgei Tansley, 1997: 55, f. a (f).
Psalmopoeus cambridgei Peters, 2000b: 89, f. 253-254 (mf).
Psalmopoeus cambridgei Peters, 2003: 274, f. 1093, 1098-1099 (mf).
Psalmopoeus cambridgei Schmidt, 2003l: 204, f. 599 (f).
Psalmopoeus cambridgei Schmidt, Bullmer & Thierer-Lutz, 2006: 8, f. 9, 14 (mf).
Psalmopoeus cambridgei Mendoza, 2014b: 734, f. 16, 24-26 (m).
Psalmopoeus cambridgei Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022: 64, f. 5-13, 146-182 (mf).
Psalmopoeus chronoarachne Peñaherrera-R. & León-E., 2023 | f | Ecuador     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059587]
Psalmopoeus chronoarachne Peñaherrera-R. & León-E., 2023: 187, f. 1A-C, 2, 3A-B (Df).
Psalmopoeus ecclesiasticus Pocock, 1903 | m f | Colombia, Ecuador     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002365]
Psalmopoeus ecclesiasticus Pocock, 1903b: 82 (Dmf).
Psalmopoeus ecclesiasticus Schmidt, Bullmer & Thierer-Lutz, 2006: 8, f. 10 (m).
Psalmopoeus ecclesiasticus Gabriel & Sherwood, 2019b: 41, f. 1-10 (mf).
Psalmopoeus ecclesiasticus Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022: 77, f. 2, 217-235 (mf).
Psalmopoeus ecclesiasticus Peñaherrera-R. & León-E., 2023: 196, f. 10A-B (f).
Psalmopoeus ecclesiasticus Dupérré & Tapia, 2024b: 506, f. 7A-B, 8A-C (f).
Psalmopoeus emeraldus Pocock, 1903 | f | Colombia     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002366]
Psalmopoeus emeraldus Pocock, 1903b: 84 (Df).
Psalmopoeus emeraldus Gabriel & Sherwood, 2019b: 42 (species inquirenda).
Psalmopoeus emeraldus Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022: 81, f. 236 (f maxilla).
Psalmopoeus irminia Saager, 1994 | m f | Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002368]
Psalmopoeus irminia Saager, 1994: 59, f. 2-5, 6A, 7-11 (Dmf).
Psalmopoeus irminia Peters, 2000b: 90, f. 258-259 (mf).
Psalmopoeus irminia Peters, 2003: 275, f. 1101, 1103-1104 (mf).
Psalmopoeus irminia Schmidt, 2003l: 204, f. 600-602 (mf).
Psalmopoeus irminia Schmidt, Bullmer & Thierer-Lutz, 2006: 8, f. 11, 13 (mf).
Psalmopoeus irminia Mendoza, 2014b: 734, f. 17 (m).
Psalmopoeus irminia Bertani et al., 2016: 1, f. 3-5 (f).
Psalmopoeus irminia Cifuentes & Perafán, 2020: 109, f. 4.8C (f).
Psalmopoeus irminia Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022: 88, f. 1, 4, 276-292 (mf).
Psalmopoeus langenbucheri Schmidt, Bullmer & Thierer-Lutz, 2006 | m f | Venezuela     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039508]
Psalmopoeus langenbucheri Schmidt, Bullmer & Thierer-Lutz, 2006: 3, f. 1-8 (Dmf).
Psalmopoeus langenbucheri Samm & Schmidt, 2008: 14, f. 1-7 (mf).
Psalmopoeus langenbucheri Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022: 92, f. 293-306 (mf).
Psalmopoeus maya Witt, 1996 | m f | Belize     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002369]
Psalmopoeus maya Witt, 1996: 1, f. 1-7 (Dmf).
Psalmopoeus maya Gabriel, 2018: 36 (removed from S. of P. reduncus, rejecting Gabriel, 2008: 10).
Psalmopoeus maya Gabriel & Sherwood, 2020b: 391 (species inquirenda).
Psalmopoeus maya Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022: 98 (declared a nomen nudum, but the status species inquirenda is maintained here, because it cannot be a nomen nudum, see ICZN Glossary about nomina nuda "... if published after 1930, fails to conform to Article 13", which is clearly not the case).
Psalmopoeus plantaris Pocock, 1903 | f | Colombia     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002370]
Psalmopoeus plantaris Pocock, 1903b: 83 (Df).
Psalmopoeus plantaris Gabriel & Sherwood, 2019b: 43 (species inquirenda).
Psalmopoeus plantaris Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022: 82, f. 237 (f maxilla, probably an older synonym of Psalmopoeus pulcher).
Psalmopoeus pristirana Dupérré & Tapia, 2024 | m f | Ecuador     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060533]
Psalmopoeus pristirana Dupérré & Tapia, 2024b: 500, f. 3A-B, 4A-F, 5A-E, 6A-D (Dmf).
Psalmopoeus pulcher Petrunkevitch, 1925 | m f | Panama, Colombia     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002371]
Psalmopoeus pulcher Petrunkevitch, 1925a: 87, f. 2 (Dm).
Psalmopoeus rufus Petrunkevitch, 1925a: 89 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002373].
Psalmopoeus pulcher Peters, 2003: 277, f. 1108-1109 (m).
Psalmopoeus pulcher Gabriel, 2014a: 135 (S of Psalmopoeus rufus).
Psalmopoeus pulcher Gabriel & Sherwood, 2018: 11, f. 1-12 (mf).
Psalmopoeus pulcher Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022: 82, f. 238-275 (mf).
Psalmopoeus reduncus (Karsch, 1880) | m f | Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002372]
Tapinauchenius reduncus Karsch, 1880c: 387 (Dmf).
Psalmopoeus reduncus Simon, 1903a: 960, f. 1109.
Psalmopoeus intermedius Chamberlin, 1940a: 39 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002367].
Psalmopoeus reduncus Valerio, 1979: 302, f. 1-5 (mf).
Psalmopoeus reduncus Schmidt, 1993d: 106, f. 328-329 (f).
Psalmopoeus reduncus Peters, 2000b: 92, f. 267 (f).
Psalmopoeus reduncus Peters, 2003: 278, f. 1113 (f).
Psalmopoeus reduncus Schmidt, 2003l: 256, f. 15 (f).
Psalmopoeus reduncus Schmidt, Bullmer & Thierer-Lutz, 2006: 8, f. 12 (f).
Psalmopoeus reduncus Gabriel, 2008: 8 (S of Psalmopoeus maya, rejected by Gabriel, 2018: 36).
Psalmopoeus reduncus Mendoza, 2014b: 734, f. 14-15, 21-23, 28 (mf).
Psalmopoeus intermedius Gabriel & Sherwood, 2020b: 389, f. 5-7 (f).
Psalmopoeus reduncus Gabriel & Sherwood, 2020b: 392, f. 17-23 (m).
Psalmopoeus reduncus Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022: 70, f. 183-216 (mf, S of Psalmopoeus intermedius).
Psalmopoeus reduncus Sherwood, Logunov & Gabriel, 2022: 215, f. 19-23 (m).
Psalmopoeus satanas Peñaherrera-R. & León-E., 2023 | m f | Ecuador     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059588]
Psalmopoeus satanas Peñaherrera-R. & León-E., 2023: 190, f. 4A-D, 5A-D, 6A-B, 7A (Dm; f = f. 7B, 8A-B, 9, misidentified per Dupérré & Tapia, 2024b: 497).
Psalmopoeus satanas Dupérré & Tapia, 2024b: 497, f. 1A-B, 2A-G (m, Df).
Psalmopoeus victori Mendoza, 2014 | m f | Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047259]
Psalmopoeus victori Mendoza, 2014b: 729, f. 1-13, 18-20, 27, 29-31 (Dmf).
Psalmopoeus copanensis Gabriel & Sherwood, 2020b: 388, f. 3-4 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051742].
Psalmopoeus sandersoni Gabriel & Sherwood, 2020b: 390, f. 8-14 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051743].
Psalmopoeus petenensis Gabriel & Sherwood, 2020b: 391, f. 15-16 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051744].
Psalmopoeus victori Gabriel & Sherwood, 2020b: 395, f. 24-31 (mf).
Psalmopoeus copanensis Sherwood et al., 2021e: 141, f. 8-9 (f).
Psalmopoeus victori Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022: 96, f. 307-310 (f, S of Psalmopoeus copanensis, P. petenensis and P. sandersoni).
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