Psalistops

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]
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^[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

1. 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