Barycheloides Explained

Barycheloides is a genus of South Pacific brushed trapdoor spiders first described by Robert Raven in 1994.^[1]

Species

it contains five species, all found on New Caledonia:^[2]

• Barycheloides alluviophilus Raven, 1994 (type) – New Caledonia
• Barycheloides chiropterus Raven, 1994 – New Caledonia
• Barycheloides concavus Raven, 1994 – New Caledonia
• Barycheloides rouxi (Berland, 1924) – New Caledonia
• Barycheloides rufofemoratus Raven, 1994 – New Caledonia

Notes and References

1. Raven. R. J.. 1994. Mygalomorph spiders of the Barychelidae in Australia and the western Pacific.. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 291–706. 35.
2. Gen. Barycheloides Raven, 1994. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-05-16. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.