Family: Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0010] Back

Gen. Phrixotrichus Simon, 1889 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04249 ]
N.B.: replacement name for Orthothrichus Karsch, 1880c: 390 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05093], preoccupied in Coleoptera by Peyron, 1856; not a junior synonym of Euathlus Ausserer, 1875 (Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014b: 2408, Pérez-Miles et al., 1996: 54, contra Schmidt, 1996a: 14); considered a senior synonym of Ashantia Strand, 1908b: 759 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05090] (type A. latithorax Strand, 1908 = Phrixotrichus vulpinus (Karsch, 1880)) by Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014b: 2408, contra Gallon, 2005d: 199, who considered it a junior synonym of Euathlus Ausserer, 1875.
Status: accepted
Last updated
2022-07-01
Described in
Simon, 1889a: 222 (type Orthothrichus vulpinus Karsch, 1880; gender masculine)
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Species counts
Counts Status
4accepted
2synonym
1nomen dubium
Reference

Simon, E. (1889a). Etudes arachnologiques. 21e Mémoire. XXX. Descriptions de quelques arachnides du Chili et remarques synonymiques sur quelques unes des espèces décrites par Nicolet. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (6) 8: 217-222. download pdf

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Date Type Reference Detail
2015-04-08 Genus synonymy Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014b Ashantia synonymized with Phrixotrichus
2015-04-07 Genus updated Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014b Removed synonymy (Old value)