Sericopelma is a genus of tarantula (family Theraphosidae), found in Central America from Nicaragua to Panama.

The carapace is longer than wide, with a deep transverse pit (fovea) and distinct grooves radiating from it.

[3] Sericopelma was initially described by Anton Ausserer in 1875 as a subgenus of Eurypelma (now Avicularia) with the type species E. rubronitens.

[3] A molecular phylogenetic study in 2016 produced the cladogram shown below, showing that Sericopelma is embedded in the genus Aphonopelma, as the latter is currently circumscribed.

However, detailed studies by Gabriel and Longhorn in 2011 and 2015 suggest that some of these were errors, and that the true range of the genus is from Nicaragua to Panama.