Genus Psalmopoeus Pocock, 1895

Type species. Psalmopoeus cambridgei Pocock, 1895 .

Diagnosis. For complete diagnosis see Cifuentes & Bertani (2022).

The genus Psalmopoeus differs from its congeners by the presence of densely grouped and smooth setae on the retrolateral side of the trochanter palp (Fig. 4D, arrow); maxillary lyra with thick bristles disposed in one row (Figs 2C, 4C, 6C).

Distribution. Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panamá, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Ecuador and Brazil.

Composition. Psalmopoeus cambridgei Pocock, 1895, P. chronoarachne Peñaherrera-R. & León-E., 2023, P. ecclesiasticus Pocock, 1903, P. emeraldus Pocock, 1903, P. irminia Saager, 1994, P. langenbucheri Schmidt, Bullmer & Thierer-Lutz, 2006, P. maya Witt, 1996, P. plantaris Pocock, 1903, P. pristirana n. sp., P. pulcher Petrunkevitch, 1925, P. reduncus (Karsch, 1880), P. satanas Peñaherrera-R. & León-E., 2023, and P. victori Mendoza, 2014 .