Family: Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0010] Back
Gen.
Chilocosmia Schmidt & von Wirth, 1992 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04825 ]
N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Orphnaecus Simon, 1892 by Acuña et al., 2025: 150 (rejecting West, Nunn & Hogg, 2012: 23; contra Raven, 2000a: 570, who considered it a junior synonym of Selenocosmia instead).
Status:
accepted
Last updated
2025-04-01
2025-04-01
Described in
Schmidt & von Wirth, 1992b: 9 (type Chilocosmia dichromata Schmidt & von Wirth, 1992; gender feminine)
Schmidt & von Wirth, 1992b: 9 (type Chilocosmia dichromata Schmidt & von Wirth, 1992; gender feminine)
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Species counts
| Counts | Status |
| 1 | accepted |
Reference
Edit history
Schmidt, G. & Wirth, V. von (1992b). Beschreibung des Weibchens von Chilocosmia dichromata gen.n. sp.n. und des Männchens von Chilocosmia arndsti (Schmidt & von Wirth) 1991 (Araneida: Theraphosidae: Selenocosmiinae). Arachnologischer Anzeiger 3(11): 9-16. 
| Date | Type | Reference | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-01 | Genus updated | Acuña et al., 2025 | Removed synonymy (Old value) |