Ten theraphosid spiders of the genera
Citharognathus Pocock 1895,
Haplopelma Simon 1892,
Chilobrachys Karsch 1891,
Yamia Kishida 1920 and
Selenocosmia Ausserer 1871 from China are described, including four new species, namely
Selenocosmia xinping sp. nov.,
S. jiafu sp. nov.,
S. xinhuaensis sp. nov., and
Chilobrachys liboensis sp. nov.
Plesiophrictus guangxiensis is transferred to the genus
Chilobrachys. Additionally, the species
Chilobrachys jingzhao Zhu, Song & Li, 2001 is newly synonymized with
Chilobrachys guangxiensis (Yin & Tan 2000)
Journal of Arachnology 36: 425-447