''Trichopelma'' is a

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Caribbean The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Se ...

tarantulas Tarantulas comprise a group of large and often hairy spiders of the family Theraphosidae. , 1,040 species have been identified, with 156 genera. The term "tarantula" is usually used to describe members of the family Theraphosidae, although m ...

first described by

Eugène Simon Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider taxonomist in history, describing over 4, ...

in 1888.

Taxonomy

This genus was erected by

in 1888 with '' Trichopelma illetabile'' and the

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Trichopelma nitidum ''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 Robert John Raven is an Australian arachnologist, being the Head of Terrestrial Biodiversity and the Senior Curator (Arachnida) at the Queensland Museum. Dr Raven has described many species of spider in Australia and elsewhere, and is spider bite ...

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 Barychelidae, also known as brushed trapdoor spiders, is a spider family with about 300 species in 42 genera. Most spiders in this family build trapdoor burrows. For example, the long ''Sipalolasma'' builds its burrow in rotted wood, with a hinge ...

. 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

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Species

it contains 22 species: * ''

Trichopelma affine ''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 ...

'' (Simon, 1892) - St. Vincent * ''

Trichopelma banksia ''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 ...

'' Özdikmen & Demir, 2012 - Cuba * '' Trichopelma bimini'' Mori & Bertani, 2020 - Bahamas * ''

Trichopelma coenobita ''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 ...

'' (Simon, 1889) - Venezuela * '' Trichopelma cubanum'' (Simon, 1903) - Cuba * '' Trichopelma fulvum'' (Bryant, 1948) - Haiti * '' Trichopelma gabrieli'' Mori & Bertani, 2020 - Dominican Republic * '' Trichopelma goloboffi'' Mori & Bertani, 2020 - Cuba * '' Trichopelma huffi'' Mori & Bertani, 2020 - Dominican Republic * '' Trichopelma illetabile'' Simon, 1888 - Brazil * '' Trichopelma insulanum'' (Petrunkevitch, 1926) - St. Thomas * '' Trichopelma juventud'' Mori & Bertani, 2020 - Cuba * '' Trichopelma laselva'' Valerio, 1986 - Costa Rica * '' Trichopelma laurae'' Mori & Bertani, 2020 - Cuba * '' Trichopelma loui'' Mori & Bertani, 2020 - Jamaica * ''

Trichopelma maculatum ''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 ...

'' (Banks, 1906) - Bahama Is. * ''

'' Simon, 1888 (

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) - Hispaniola * ''

Trichopelma platnicki ''Trichopelma'' is a genus of South American and Caribbean Theraphosidae, 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 ''Tricho ...

'' Mori & Bertani, 2020 - Jamaica * '' Trichopelma steini'' (Simon, 1889) - Venezuela * '' Trichopelma tostoi'' Mori & Bertani, 2020 - Dominican Republic * '' Trichopelma venadense'' (Valerio, 1986) - Costa Rica * '' Trichopelma zebra'' (Petrunkevitch, 1925) - Panama

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2709593 Theraphosidae Theraphosidae genera Spiders of Central America Spiders of South America Taxa named by Eugène Simon