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What the sources say about this taxon, as written.
key · 
Plazi
Key to Psalmopoeinae genera 1 Prolateral distal palpal femora with a pad of urticating setae ( West et al. 2008 : figs 19, 20; Fukushima and Bertani 2017 : fig. 4).......................................................................................... Ephebopus - Prolateral distal palpal femora lacking a pad of urticating setae................................................. 2 2 Prolateral maxillae with stridulatory setae forming a lyriform organ ( Figs 156 , 322 )................................. 3 - Stridulatory setae absent on maxillae........................................................... Tapinauchenius 3 Maxillary lyra with thick bristles disposed in one row ( Fig. 156 )...................................... Psalmopoeus 4 Maxillary lyra with slender bristles forming an oval patch ( Fig. 322 )............................... Amazonius n. gen.
diagnosis · Plazi
Diagnosis (following Raven 2005 and West and Nunn 2010 ): With oval patch of modified setae (often bacillate) on prolateral maxillary face, originating medially, not ventrally from the oral fringe, opposing strong spiniform setae (strikers) on the ectal cheliceral surface to create stridulation: maxillary lyra reduced or absent in some genera, cheliceral strikers retained, sternal sigilla largely removed from sternal margins, many labial cuspules (>300), leg spines found only distally on metatarsi, tibial apophyses on leg I in mature males absent. Genera included : Chilobrachys Karsch 1891 , Coremiocnemis Simon 1892 , Haplocosmia Schmidt & von Wirth 1996 , Lyrognathus Pocock 1895 , Orphnaecus Simon 1892 , Phlogiellus Pocock 1897 , Poecilotheria Simon 1885 , Selenobrachys Schmidt 1999 , Selenocosmia Ausserer 1871 , Selenotholus Hogg 1902 , Selenotypus Pocock 1895 , Yamia Kishida 1920
diagnosis · Plazi
Diagnosis: Schismatothelinae can be distinguished the other Neotropical Theraphosidae by the combination of the following characters: absence of urticating setae, lack of stridulatory organ in the maxillae (lyra), non-dense scopulae, presence of both thickened and clavate trichobothria located on the apical lateral faces of tibiae I-IV, and numerous and dense cuspules on the labium located on a raised area.
diagnosis · Plazi
Diagnosis Maxilla with stridulation organ formed by an oval patch of modified setae (often bacillate) on prolateral face ( Figs 8, 9 , 47 , 49a , 50a, 51a, 52a), originating medially (not ventrally from the oral fringe), opposing modified setae (strikers) in multiple rows on the retrolateral cheliceral surface ( Figs 10, 12 , 48 , 50b, 51b, 52b): maxillary lyra reduced or absent in some genera, cheliceral strikers retained, sternal sigilla largely removed from sternal margins ( Fig. 5 ), many labial cuspules (>200, except Poecilotheria >50) ( Fig. 4 ), leg spines only found distally on metatarsi, tibial apophyses on leg I in mature males absent. Genera included: Chilobrachys Karsch 1891 , Coremiocnemis Simon 1892 , Haplocosmia Schmidt & von Wirth 1996 , Lyrognathus Pocock 1895 , Orphnaecus Simon 1892 , Phlogiellus Pocock 1897 , Poecilotheria Simon 1885 , Psednocnemis gen. nov. West, Nunn & Hogg, Selenocosmia Ausserer 1871 , Selenotholus Hogg 1902 and Selenotypus Pocock 1895 .
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