Barychelus

Barychelus is a genus of South Pacific brushed trapdoor spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1889.[2] As of April 2019 it contains only two species, both found on New Caledonia.[1]

Barychelus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Barychelidae
Genus: Barychelus
Simon, 1889[1]
Type species
B. badius
Simon, 1889
Species
  • B. badius Simon, 1889 – New Caledonia
  • B. complexus Raven, 1994 – New Caledonia

References
  1. "Gen. Barychelus Simon, 1889". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  2. Simon, E. (1889). "Etudes arachnologiques. 21e Mémoire. XXXII. Descriptions d'espèces et the genres nouveaux de Nouvelle Calédonie". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 8 (6): 237–247.


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