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

Gen. Crypsidromus Ausserer, 1871 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05100 ]
N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Lasiodora C. L. Koch, 1850 by Bertani, 2023b: 105 (contra Pérez-Miles et al., 1996: 52); not a senior synonym of Metriopelma Becker, 1878 (Pérez-Miles et al., 1996: 52, contra Valerio, 1982: 408); considered a senior synonym of Proshapalopus Mello-Leitão, 1923a: 145 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03387] (type P. anomalus Mello-Leitão, 1923 = Crypsidromus isabellinus Ausserer, 1871) by Bertani, 2023b: 105; Proshapalopus was removed from the synonymy of Holothele Karsch, 1879 by Rudloff, 1997a: 12 and Bertani, 2001: 286, contra Raven, 1985a: 157 (sub Stichoplastus).
Status: accepted
Last updated
2023-12-31
Described in
Ausserer, 1871a: 194 (type Crypsidromus isabellinus Ausserer, 1871; gender masculine)
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Species counts
Counts Status
8accepted
2synonym
Reference

Ausserer, A. (1871a). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autor). Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 21: 117-224, pl. 1. [incl. unpubl. manuscript by Doleschall] download pdf

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Date Type Reference Detail
2023-12-30 Genus synonymy Bertani, 2023b Proshapalopus synonymized with Crypsidromus
2023-12-29 Genus updated Bertani, 2023b Removed synonymy (Old value)