Psalistops

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Neogene|present}}

| taxon = Psalistops

| authority = Simon, 1889

| type_species = P. melanopygius

| type_species_authority = Simon, 1889

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 12, see text

| synonyms =

Epipedesis Simon, 1889{{cite journal| last=Raven| first=R. J.| year=1985| title=The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics| journal=Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History| volume=182| page=152}}

| synonyms_ref =

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Psalistops is a genus of brushed trapdoor spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1889.{{citation| last=Simon| first=E.| year=1889| contribution=Arachnides| title=Voyage de M. E. Simon au Venezuela| publisher=Annales de la Société Entomologique de France}}

Species

{{as of|2019|04}} it contains twelve species in South America and the Caribbean:{{cite journal| title=Gen. Psalistops Simon, 1889| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| accessdate=2019-05-17| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/463| doi=10.24436/2| last1=Gloor| first1=Daniel| last2=Nentwig| first2=Wolfgang| last3=Blick| first3=Theo| last4=Kropf| first4=Christian}}

Psalistops fulvus Bryant, 1948 – Hispaniola
Psalistops gasci Maréchal, 1996 – French Guiana
Psalistops maculosus Bryant, 1948 – Hispaniola
Psalistops melanopygius Simon, 1889 (type) – Venezuela
Psalistops montigena (Simon, 1889) – Venezuela
Psalistops nigrifemuratus Mello-Leitão, 1939 – Brazil
Psalistops opifex (Simon, 1889) – Venezuela
Psalistops solitarius (Simon, 1889) – Venezuela
Psalistops steini (Simon, 1889) – Venezuela
Psalistops tigrinus Simon, 1889 – Venezuela
Psalistops venadensis Valerio, 1986 – Costa Rica
Psalistops zonatus Simon, 1889 – Venezuela

References

Category:Barychelidae

Category:Mygalomorphae genera

Category:Spiders of Central America

Category:Spiders of South America

Category:Taxa named by Eugène Simon

Category:Taxa described in 1889