Trichopelma

{{Short description|Genus of spiders}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Trichopelma | authority = [[Eugène Simon|Simon]], 1888<ref name=NMBE /> | type_species = ''[[Trichopelma nitidum|T. nitidum]]'' | type_species_authority = Simon, 1888 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 29, [[#Species|see text]] | synonyms = {{Genus list |Stothis|Simon, 1889 |Hapalopinus|Simon, 1903 |Merothele|Petrunkevitch, 1925 |Obaerarius|Petrunkevitch, 1926 |Leptofischelia|[[Embrik Strand|Strand]], 1929 }} | synonyms_ref = <ref name=NMBE /> }}

'''''Trichopelma''''' is a [[genus]] of [[South America]]n and [[Caribbean]] [[Theraphosidae|tarantulas]] first described by [[Eugène Simon]] in 1888.<ref name=Simo1888>{{cite journal| last=Simon| first=E.| year=1888| title=Etudes arachnologiques| journal=Annales de la Société Entomologique de France| pages=203–216| volume=8| issue=6}}</ref>

==Taxonomy== This genus was erected by [[Eugène Simon]] in 1888 with ''[[Trichopelma illetabile]]'' and the [[type species]] ''[[Trichopelma nitidum]]''.<ref name=Simo1888 /> 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]].<ref name=Rave85>{{cite journal |last=Raven |first=R.J. |date=1985 |title=The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics |journal=Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History |volume=182 |pages=1–180 |hdl=2246/955 }}</ref> 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 [[Phylogenetics|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]].<ref name=Guad14>{{cite journal |last1=Guadanucci |first1=J.P.L. |date=2014 |title=Theraphosidae phylogeny: relationships of the 'Ischnocolinae' genera (Araneae, Mygalomorphae) |journal=Zoologica Scripta |volume=43 |issue=5 |pages=508–518 |doi=10.1111/zsc.12065|s2cid=86484123 }}</ref>

==Species== {{as of|2025|July}} it contains 29 species:<ref name="NMBE">{{cite journal |last1=Gloor |first1=Daniel |last2=Nentwig |first2=Wolfgang |last3=Blick |first3=Theo |last4=Kropf |first4=Christian |year=2019 |title=Gen. Trichopelma Simon, 1888 |url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/475 |publisher=Natural History Museum Bern |doi=10.24436/2 |website=World Spider Catalog Version 26.0 |accessdate=July 11, 2025}}</ref> * ''[[Trichopelma affine]]'' (Simon, 1892) - St. Vincent * ''[[Trichopelma baracoense]]'' Ríos-Tamayo, 2024 - Cuba * ''[[Trichopelma bimini]]'' Mori & Bertani, 2020 - Bahamas * ''[[Trichopelma cheguevarai]]'' Ríos-Tamayo, 2024 - Cuba * ''[[Trichopelma citma]]'' Ríos-Tamayo, 2024 - Cuba * ''[[Trichopelma coenobita]]'' (Simon, 1889) - Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago * ''[[Trichopelma cubanum]]'' (Simon, 1903) - Cuba ** ''= [[Trichopelma banksia]]'' Özdikmen & Demir, 2012 ** = ''[[Trichopelma cubanum]]'' (Banks, 1909), transferred from ''Stothis'' * ''[[Trichopelma fidelcastroi]]'' Ríos-Tamayo, 2024 - Cuba * ''[[Trichopelma fulvum]]'' (Bryant, 1948) - Haiti ** = ''[[Trichopelma maculosus]]'' (Bryant, 1948), transferred from ''Psalistops'' * ''[[Trichopelma gabrieli]]'' Mori & Bertani, 2020 - Dominican Republic * ''[[Trichopelma goloboffi]]'' Mori & Bertani, 2020 - Cuba * ''[[Trichopelma grande]]'' Ortiz & Fonseca, 2024 - Cuba <ref>Ortiz, D., & Fonseca, E. (2024). A hairy giant among dwarves: Trichopelma grande, a distinct new species of tarantula from Cuba (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Journal of Natural History, 58(45–48), 2189–2205. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00222933.2024.2401921</ref> * ''[[Trichopelma granmense]]'' Ríos-Tamayo, 2024 - Cuba * ''[[Trichopelma huffi]]'' Mori & Bertani, 2020 - Dominican Republic * ''[[Trichopelma illetabile]]'' Simon, 1888 - Brazil * ''[[Trichopelma insulanum]]'' (Petrunkevitch, 1926) - US Virgin Is. (St. Thomas), Puerto Rico ** ''= [[Trichopelma arastellatum]]'' (Franganillo, 1930), transferred from ''Leptopelma'' ** = ''[[Trichopelma corozali]]'' (Petrunkevitch, 1929), transferred from ''Psalistops'' * ''[[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]]'' (Banks, 1906) - Bahama Is. * ''[[Trichopelma nitidum]]'' Simon, 1888 ([[Type species|type]]) - Hispaniola * ''[[Trichopelma platnicki]]'' Mori & Bertani, 2020 - Jamaica * ''[[Trichopelma rudloffi]]'' Ríos-Tamayo, 2024 - Cuba * ''[[Trichopelma soroense]]'' Ríos-Tamayo, 2024 - Cuba * ''[[Trichopelma steini]]'' (Simon, 1889) - Venezuela * ''[[Trichopelma tostoi]]'' Mori & Bertani, 2020 - Dominican Republic * ''[[Trichopelma venadense]]'' (Valerio, 1986) - Costa Rica * ''[[Trichopelma zebra]]'' (Petrunkevitch, 1925) - Panama

There are three species categorized as ''nomina dubia'' (doubtful names):

* ''[[Trichopelma eucubanum]]'' Özdikmen & Demir, 2012 - Cuba, replacement name; originally ''Stothis maculata'' Franganillo, 1930 * ''[[Trichopelma scopulatum]]'' (Fischel, 1927) - Venezuela, originally in ''Leptostylus'' and changed to the replacement name ''Leptofischelia'' * ''[[Trichopelma spinosum]]'' (Franganillo, 1926) - Cuba, originally in ''Stothis''

==References== {{Reflist}}

[[Category:Theraphosidae]] [[Category:Theraphosidae genera]] [[Category:Spiders of Central America]] [[Category:Spiders of South America]] [[Category:Taxa named by Eugène Simon]]