Trichopelma is a genus of South American and Caribbean tarantulas first described by Eugène Simon in 1888.
Taxonomy
This genus was erected by Eugène Simon in 1888 with Trichopelma illetabile and the type species Trichopelma nitidum. A major review of mygalomorph spiders by Robert J. Raven in 1985 led to the genus being greatly enlarged, merging it with other genera Hapalopinus, Leptofischelia, Merothele, Obaerarius and Stothis. Raven placed this expanded genus in the family Barychelidae. In 1994, he proposed moving Trichopelma to the related family Theraphosidae, but without any new evidence, the move was not generally accepted. In 2014 José P. L. Guadanucci carried out a morphological phylogenetic analysis of some mygalomorph genera, including Trichopelma. The study supported Raven's hypothesis, and the genus was moved to Theraphosidae as a member of a re-limited subfamily Ischnocolinae sensu stricto.
Species
it contains 29 species:
- Trichopelma affine <small>(Simon, 1892)</small> - St. Vincent
- Trichopelma baracoense <small>RÃÂos-Tamayo, 2024</small> - Cuba
- Trichopelma bimini <small>Mori & Bertani, 2020</small> - Bahamas
- Trichopelma cheguevarai <small>RÃÂos-Tamayo, 2024</small> - Cuba
- Trichopelma citma <small>RÃÂos-Tamayo, 2024</small> - Cuba
- Trichopelma coenobita <small>(Simon, 1889)</small> - Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago
- Trichopelma cubanum <small>(Simon, 1903)</small> - Cuba
- = Trichopelma banksia <small>ÃÂzdikmen & Demir, 2012</small>
- = Trichopelma cubanum <small>(Banks, 1909)</small>, transferred from Stothis
- Trichopelma fidelcastroi <small>RÃÂos-Tamayo, 2024</small> - Cuba
- Trichopelma fulvum <small>(Bryant, 1948)</small> - Haiti
- = Trichopelma maculosus <small>(Bryant, 1948</small><small>)</small>, transferred from Psalistops
- Trichopelma gabrieli <small>Mori & Bertani, 2020</small> - Dominican Republic
- Trichopelma goloboffi <small>Mori & Bertani, 2020</small> - Cuba
- Trichopelma grande <small> Ortiz & Fonseca, 2024</small> - Cuba
- Trichopelma granmense <small>RÃÂos-Tamayo, 2024</small> - Cuba
- Trichopelma huffi <small>Mori & Bertani, 2020</small> - Dominican Republic
- Trichopelma illetabile <small>Simon, 1888</small> - Brazil
- Trichopelma insulanum <small>(Petrunkevitch, 1926)</small> - US Virgin Is. (St. Thomas), Puerto Rico
- = Trichopelma arastellatum <small>(Franganillo, 1930</small><small>)</small>, transferred from Leptopelma
- = Trichopelma corozali <small>(Petrunkevitch, 1929</small><small>)</small>, transferred from Psalistops
- Trichopelma juventud <small>Mori & Bertani, 2020</small> - Cuba
- Trichopelma laselva <small>Valerio, 1986</small> - Costa Rica
- Trichopelma laurae <small>Mori & Bertani, 2020</small> - Cuba
- Trichopelma loui <small>Mori & Bertani, 2020</small> - Jamaica
- Trichopelma maculatum <small>(Banks, 1906)</small> - Bahama Is.
- Trichopelma nitidum <small>Simon, 1888</small> (type) - Hispaniola
- Trichopelma platnicki <small>Mori & Bertani, 2020</small> - Jamaica
- Trichopelma rudloffi <small>RÃÂos-Tamayo, 2024</small> - Cuba
- Trichopelma soroense <small>RÃÂos-Tamayo, 2024</small> - Cuba
- Trichopelma steini <small>(Simon, 1889)</small> - Venezuela
- Trichopelma tostoi <small>Mori & Bertani, 2020</small> - Dominican Republic
- Trichopelma venadense <small>(Valerio, 1986)</small> - Costa Rica
- Trichopelma zebra <small>(Petrunkevitch, 1925)</small> - Panama
There are three species categorized as nomina dubia (doubtful names):
- Trichopelma eucubanum <small>ÃÂzdikmen & Demir, 2012</small> - Cuba, replacement name; originally Stothis maculata <small>Franganillo, 1930</small>
- Trichopelma scopulatum <small>(Fischel, 1927</small><small>)</small> - Venezuela, originally in Leptostylus and changed to the replacement name Leptofischelia
- Trichopelma spinosum <small>(Franganillo, 1926</small><small>) - C</small>uba, originally in Stothis
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