Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869

Family |   ACCEPTED
N.B.: for the year of description (1869 vs. 1870) see Sherwood et al., 2021: 396, Breitling, 2021b published a different opinion; Raven, 1994: 333 considered the Trichopelmatinae (genera Trichopelma and Psalistops) to belong to the Theraphosidae rather than to Barychelidae, but has not provided a phylogenetic argument for this change; Trichopelma was finally transferred to the Theraphosidae (Guadanucci, 2014: 514) as well as Psalistops (Mori & Bertani, 2020: 37), so in fact Trichopelmatinae is now transferred to Theraphosidae; the monophyly of Theraphosidae and of the most recognized theraphosid subfamilies was confirmed by Lüddecke et al., 2018 and by Foley et al., 2019.
Gen. Acanthopelma F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00191

Transferred to other genera:

Acanthopelma annae Reichling, 1997 -- see Reichlingia

Acanthopelma maculatum Banks, 1906 -- see Trichopelma

Acanthopelma beccarii Caporiacco, 1947 | | Guyana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001653
Acanthopelma beccarii Caporiacco, 1947a: 21 (Dm) Original description
Acanthopelma beccarii Caporiacco, 1948a: 618, f. 12-13 (m; N.B.: per Rudloff, 2001: 15, misplaced, possibly a Holothele)
Acanthopelma rufescens F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 | | Central America urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001654
Acanthopelma rufescens F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897a: 34, pl. 2, f. 13 (Dm) Original description
Acanthopelma rufescens Smith, 1986b: 74, f. 2h (m)
Acanthopelma rufescens Smith, 1987d: 74, f. 2h (m)
Acanthopelma rufescens Smith, 1995: 27, f. 1-11 (m)
Acanthopelma rufescens Rudloff, 2001: 15, f. 5-12 (m)

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