''Barycheloides'' is a
genus
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of
South Pacific
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brushed trapdoor spiders first described by
Robert Raven
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in 1994.
Species
it contains five species, all found on
New Caledonia
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:
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Barycheloides alluviophilus''
Raven, 1994 (
type
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) – New Caledonia
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Barycheloides chiropterus''
Raven, 1994 – New Caledonia
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Barycheloides concavus''
Raven, 1994 – New Caledonia
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Barycheloides rouxi''
(Berland Berland is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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, 1924) – New Caledonia
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Barycheloides rufofemoratus''
Raven, 1994 – New Caledonia
References
Barychelidae
Mygalomorphae genera
Spiders of Oceania
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