New species, genera described, new combinations, synonymies established last year.
New genera:
Agnostopelma Pérez-Miles & Weinmann
Bacillochilus Gallon
New species:
Acanthoscurria turumban Rodríguez-Manzanilla & Bertani
Agnostopelma gardel Pérez-Miles & Weinmann
Agnostopelma tota Pérez-Miles & Weinmann
Bacillochilus xenostridulans Gallon
Coremiocnemis brachyramosa West & Nunn
Coremiocnemis gnathospina West & Nunn
Coremiocnemis hoggi West & Nunn
Coremiocnemis jeremyhuffi West & Nunn
Coremiocnemis obscura West & Nunn
Coremiocnemis kotacana West & Nunn
Cyriocosmus venezuelensis Kaderka
Harpactirella overdijki Gallon
Hemirrhagus perezmilesi García-Villafuerte & Locht
Idiothele mira Gallon
Lyrognathus achilles West & Nunn
Lyrognathus fuscus West & Nunn
Lyrognathus lessunda West & Nunn
Selenocosmia barensteinerae (Schmidt)
Theraphosa stirmi Rudloff & Weinmann
Thrixopelma lagunas Schmidt & Rudloff
New combinations:
Augacephalus ezendami (Gallon, 2001), from Ceratogyrus (Gallon, a)
Chilobrachys himalayensis (Tikader, 1977), from Haploclastus (Siliwal & Raven)
New synonymies (first the junior synonym, followed by '=' and the senior synonym):
Acanthoscurria atrox Vellard, 1924 = A. paulensis Mello-Leitão, 1923 (Lucas et al.).
Acanthoscurria guaxupe Piza, 1972 = A. paulensis Mello-Leitão, 1923 (Lucas et al.).
Citharischius Pocock, 1900 = Pelinobius Karsch, 1885 (Gallon, a).
Cyriocosmus rogerioi Pérez-Miles & Weinmann, 2009 = C. pribiki Pérez-Miles & Weinmann, 2009 (Kaderka)
Euathlus latithorax (Strand, 1908) = E. vulpinus (Karsch, 1880) (Perafán & Pérez-Miles)
Haploclastus robustus (Pocock, 1899) = H. validus (Pocock, 1899) (Siliwal & Raven).
Lyrognathus pugnax Pocock, 1900 = L. crotalus Pocock, 1895 (West & Nunn, a).
Monocentropella Strand, 1907 = Eumenophorus Pocock, 1897 (Gallon, a).
Pelinobius bettoni (Pocock, 1898, transferred from Phoneyusa) = P. muticus Karsch, 1885 (Gallon, a).
Pelinobius crawshayi (Pocock, 1900) = P. muticus Karsch, 1885 (Gallon, a).
Pelinobius gregori (Pocock, 1897, transferred from Phoneyusa) = P. muticus Karsch, 1885 (Gallon, a).
Pelinobius rufus (Berland, 1914, transferred from Phoneyusa) = P. muticus Karsch, 1885 (Gallon, a).
Poecilotheria nallamalaiensis Rao et al., 2006 = P. formosa Pocock, 1899 (Gabriel).
Dubious name (nomen dubium, pl. nomina dubia):
Selenocosmia lyra Strand, 1907 (West & Nunn, a)
Bibliography:
New genera:
Agnostopelma Pérez-Miles & Weinmann
Bacillochilus Gallon
New species:
Acanthoscurria turumban Rodríguez-Manzanilla & Bertani
Agnostopelma gardel Pérez-Miles & Weinmann
Agnostopelma tota Pérez-Miles & Weinmann
Bacillochilus xenostridulans Gallon
Coremiocnemis brachyramosa West & Nunn
Coremiocnemis gnathospina West & Nunn
Coremiocnemis hoggi West & Nunn
Coremiocnemis jeremyhuffi West & Nunn
Coremiocnemis obscura West & Nunn
Coremiocnemis kotacana West & Nunn
Cyriocosmus venezuelensis Kaderka
Harpactirella overdijki Gallon
Hemirrhagus perezmilesi García-Villafuerte & Locht
Idiothele mira Gallon
Lyrognathus achilles West & Nunn
Lyrognathus fuscus West & Nunn
Lyrognathus lessunda West & Nunn
Selenocosmia barensteinerae (Schmidt)
Theraphosa stirmi Rudloff & Weinmann
Thrixopelma lagunas Schmidt & Rudloff
New combinations:
Augacephalus ezendami (Gallon, 2001), from Ceratogyrus (Gallon, a)
Chilobrachys himalayensis (Tikader, 1977), from Haploclastus (Siliwal & Raven)
New synonymies (first the junior synonym, followed by '=' and the senior synonym):
Acanthoscurria atrox Vellard, 1924 = A. paulensis Mello-Leitão, 1923 (Lucas et al.).
Acanthoscurria guaxupe Piza, 1972 = A. paulensis Mello-Leitão, 1923 (Lucas et al.).
Citharischius Pocock, 1900 = Pelinobius Karsch, 1885 (Gallon, a).
Cyriocosmus rogerioi Pérez-Miles & Weinmann, 2009 = C. pribiki Pérez-Miles & Weinmann, 2009 (Kaderka)
Euathlus latithorax (Strand, 1908) = E. vulpinus (Karsch, 1880) (Perafán & Pérez-Miles)
Haploclastus robustus (Pocock, 1899) = H. validus (Pocock, 1899) (Siliwal & Raven).
Lyrognathus pugnax Pocock, 1900 = L. crotalus Pocock, 1895 (West & Nunn, a).
Monocentropella Strand, 1907 = Eumenophorus Pocock, 1897 (Gallon, a).
Pelinobius bettoni (Pocock, 1898, transferred from Phoneyusa) = P. muticus Karsch, 1885 (Gallon, a).
Pelinobius crawshayi (Pocock, 1900) = P. muticus Karsch, 1885 (Gallon, a).
Pelinobius gregori (Pocock, 1897, transferred from Phoneyusa) = P. muticus Karsch, 1885 (Gallon, a).
Pelinobius rufus (Berland, 1914, transferred from Phoneyusa) = P. muticus Karsch, 1885 (Gallon, a).
Poecilotheria nallamalaiensis Rao et al., 2006 = P. formosa Pocock, 1899 (Gabriel).
Dubious name (nomen dubium, pl. nomina dubia):
Selenocosmia lyra Strand, 1907 (West & Nunn, a)
Bibliography:
- Gallon, R. C. 2010a. On some southern African Harpactirinae, with notes on the eumenophorines Pelinobius muticus Karsch, 1885 and Monocentropella Strand, 1907 (Araneae, Theraphosidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 15: 29-48.
- Gallon, R. C. 2010b. A new genus and species of Harpactirinae from coastal Angola (Araneae, Theraphosidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 15: 79-82.
- García-Villafuerte, M. A. & A. Locht. 2010. Un nueva especie de Hemirrhagus Simon, 1903 (Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae) de Chiapas, México. Revista Ibérica Aracnología 18: 81-86.
- Kaderka, R. 2010. Cyriocosmus venezuelensis sp. n. from Venezuela (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae). Revista Ibérica Aracnología 18: 87-96.
- Lucas, S. M., F. dos S. Paula, H. M. O. Gonzalez F. & A. D. Brescovit. 2010. Redescription and new distribution records of Acanthoscurria paulensis (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae). Zoologia (Curitiba) 27: 563-568.
- Pérez-Miles, F. & D. Weinmann. 2010. Agnostopelma: a new genus of tarantula without a scopula on leg IV (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae). Journal of Arachnology 38: 104–112.
- Perafán, C. & F. Pérez-Miles. 2010. Euathlus latithorax (Strand, 1908) is a synonym of E. vulpinus (Karsch, 1880) (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Theraphosinae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 15: 49-51.
- Rodríguez-Manzanilla, C. & R. Bertani. 2010. Descripción de Acanthoscurria turumban sp. nov. (Araneae: Theraphosidae) y primer registro del género para Venezuela. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 46: 143-145.
- Rudloff J.-P. & D. Weinmann. 2010. A new giant tarantula from Guyana. Arthropoda Scientia 1 (1): 20-38.
- Schmidt, G., S. Hettegger & J. Matthes. 2010. Ein Weibchen von Chilocosmia barensteinerae sp. n. aus Kalimantan (Borneo) (Theraphosidae: Selenocosmiinae). Tarantulas of the World 142: 4-14.
- Schmidt, G. and J.-P. Rudloff. 2010. Thrixopelma lagunas sp. n., eine bisher unbekannte Vogelspinnenart aus Peru (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae). Arthropoda Scientia 1 (1): 8-14
- Siliwal, M. S. & R. J. Raven. 2010. Taxonomic change of two species in the genus Haploclastus Simon 1892 (Araneae, Theraphosidae) Zookeys 46: 71–75.
- West, R. C. & S. C. Nunn. 2010a. A taxonomic revision of the tarantula spider genus Lyrognathus Pocock 1895 (Araneae, Theraphosidae), with notes on the Selenocosmiinae. Zootaxa 2362: 1–43.
- West, R. C. & S. C. Nunn. 2010b. A taxonomic revision of the tarantula spider genus Coremiocnemis Simon 1892 (Araneae, Theraphosidae), with further notes on the Selenocosmiinae. Zootaxa 2443: 1–64.
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