Phlogiodes

Phlogiodes is a genus of spiders in the tarantula family Theraphosidae, found in India. As of January 2025^[update], a single species is accepted, Phlogiodes validus.^[1] The species has been transferred back and forth between Phlogiodes and Haploclastus.^[2]

Phlogiodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Theraphosidae
Genus:	Phlogiodes Pocock, 1899[1]
Species:	P. validus
Binomial name
Phlogiodes validus Pocock, 1899[1]
Synonyms[1]
Haploclastus validus (Pocock, 1899) Phlogiodes robustus Pocock, 1899

Taxonomy

The genus Phlogiodes was erected by Reginald Pocock in 1899. He described two species, Phlogiodes validus from a male specimen and Phlogiodes robustus from a female specimen. He considered the male and female to be too different to be the same species.^[3] In 1985, Robert Raven sank Phlogiodes into Haploclastus.^[4] In 2010, Pocock's two Phlogiodes species were synonymized and transferred to Haploclastus as Haploclastus validus.^[5] In 2013, H. validus was restored to Phlogiodes, the placement accepted by the World Spider Catalog as of January 2025^[update].^[1] In 2024, the species was again placed in Haploclastus.^[2]