World Spider Catalog

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.

In synonymy:

Musagetes Pocock, 1895 = Chilobrachys Karsch, 1892 (Pocock, 1900a: 192)

Neochilobrachys Hirst, 1909 = Chilobrachys Karsch, 1892 (Nunn, West & von Wirth, 2016: 48)

Gen. Chilobrachys Karsch, 1892 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00204

N.B.: considered a senior synonymy of Musagetes Pocock, 1895a: 172 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06085] (type M. masoni Pocock, 1895 = Chilobrachys stridulans (Wood-Mason, 1877) by Pocock, 1900a: 192 and of Neochilobrachys Hirst, 1909: 389 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05125] (type Ischnocolus subarmatus Thorell, 1891) by Nunn, West & von Wirth, 2016: 48 (removed from the synonymy of Phlogiellus, contra Raven, 1985a: 156).

Transferred to other genera:

Chilobrachys samarae Giltay, 1935 -- see Selenocosmia

In synonymy:

Chilobrachys cervinus (Thorell, 1895, T from Phlogius) = Chilobrachys andersoni Pocock, 1895 (Pocock, 1900a: 197)

Chilobrachys decipiens (Thorell, 1897, T from Musagetes) = Chilobrachys flavopilosus Simon, 1884 (Pocock, 1900a: 196)

Chilobrachys decoratus (Tikader, 1977, T from Ischnocolus) = Chilobrachys fimbriatus Pocock, 1899 (Siliwal, 2009a: 533)

Chilobrachys jingzhao Zhu, Song & Li, 2001 = Chilobrachys guangxiensis Yin & Tan, 2000 (Zhu & Zhang, 2008: 432)

Chilobrachys masoni (Pocock, 1895) = Chilobrachys stridulans Wood-Mason, 1877 (Hirst, 1909: 388)

Chilobrachys rufofuscus (Thorell, 1897, T from Musagetes) = Chilobrachys andersoni Pocock, 1895 (Pocock, 1900a: 197)

Nomen dubium:

Chilobrachys tschankhoensis Schenkel, 1963: 16 (j, China) -- Sherwood & Gabriel, 2020b: 35

Chilobrachys andersoni (Pocock, 1895) | | India, Myanmar, Malaysia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001886

Musagetes andersonii Pocock, 1895a: 172 (Df) Original description

Phlogius cervinus Thorell, 1895b: 5 (Dm, not f, per Pocock, 1900a: 197) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059180]

Musagetes rufo-fuscus Thorell, 1897a: 177 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059181]

Chilobrachys andersoni Pocock, 1900a: 197 (mf, S of Musagetes rufofuscus and Phlogius cervinus [m only])

Chilobrachys andersoni West, Nunn & Hogg, 2012: 25, f. 31a-b (mf)

Chilobrachys annandalei Simon, 1901 | | Malaysia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001887

Chilobrachys annandalei Simon, 1901k: 46 (Df) Original description

Chilobrachys assamensis Hirst, 1909 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001888

Chilobrachys assamensis Hirst, 1909: 387, pl. 24, f. 1 (Dmf) Original description

Chilobrachys assamensis Keswani & Vankhede, 2012: 24, pl. 1-2 (mf)

Chilobrachys bicolor (Pocock, 1895) | | Myanmar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001889

Musagetes bicolor Pocock, 1895a: 172 (Dmf) Original description

Chilobrachys bicolor Pocock, 1900a: 196, f. 62D (mf)

Chilobrachys bicolor Smith, 1986b: 117, f. 3h (m)

Chilobrachys bicolor Smith, 1987d: 117, f. 3h (m)

Chilobrachys bicolor Schmidt, 2003l: 235, f. 742 (m)

Chilobrachys brevipes (Thorell, 1897) | | Myanmar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001890

Musagetes brevipes Thorell, 1897a: 179 (Df) Original description

Chilobrachys brevipes Pocock, 1900a: 199

Chilobrachys dominus Lin & Li, 2022 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053690

Chilobrachys dominus Lin, Li & Xie, 2022: 9, f. 8a (m)

Chilobrachys dominus Lin & Li in Lin, Yan & Li, 2022a: 101, f. 1A, 2A-H, 3A-B, 4A-C (Dm) Original description

Chilobrachys dyscolus (Simon, 1886) | | Vietnam urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001891

Phrictus dyscolus Simon, 1886a: 161 (Df) Original description

Chilobrachys dyscolus Simon, 1904b: 271

Chilobrachys dyscolus Peters, 2005b: 48, f. 156-161 (f)

Chilobrachys dyscolus Schmidt, 2006b: 16, f. 4b (f)

Chilobrachys femoralis Pocock, 1900 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001892

Chilobrachys femoralis Pocock, 1900a: 195 (Dm) Original description

Chilobrachys fimbriatus Pocock, 1899 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001893

Chilobrachys fimbriatus Pocock, 1899d: 746 (Dmf) Original description

Ischnocolus decoratus Tikader, 1977e: 311, f. 16-20 (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002160]

Chilobrachys fimbriatus Siliwal, 2009a: 533, f. 1-3 (S of Ischnocolus decoratus, after Smith, in Bastawade & Borkar, 2008: 221)

Chilobrachys fimbriatus West, Nunn & Hogg, 2012: 25, f. 30 (f)

Chilobrachys flavopilosus (Simon, 1884) | | India, Myanmar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001894

Phrictus flavopilosus Simon, 1884n: 358 (Dmf) Original description

Phlogius cervinus Thorell, 1895b: 5 (Df, not m; misidentified per Pocock, 1900a: 196)

Musagetes decipiens Thorell, 1897a: 179 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059182]

Chilobrachys flavo-pilosus Pocock, 1900a: 196 (S of Musagetes decipiens)

Chilobrachys flavopilosus Simon, 1903a: 956, f. 1105

Chilobrachys fumosus (Pocock, 1895) | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001895

Musagetes fumosus Pocock, 1895a: 174, pl. 10, f. 7 (Df) Original description

Chilobrachys fumosus Pocock, 1900a: 196

Chilobrachys fumosus Hirst, 1909: 386 (Dm)

Chilobrachys guangxiensis (Yin & Tan, 2000) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039247

Plesiophrictus guangxiensis Yin & Tan, 2000: 152, f. 1-10 (Df) Original description

Chilobrachys jingzhao Zhu, Song & Li, 2001: 3, f. 8-13 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038373]

Chilobrachys jingzhao Schmidt, 2003l: 235, f. 748-749 (f)

Plesiophrictus guangxiensis Chen et al., 2004: 606, f. 104 (Dm)

Plesiophrictus guangxiensis Chen, Feng & Qu, 2004: 665, f. 12-14 (m)

Chilobrachys guangxiensis Zhu & Zhang, 2008: 432, f. 4A-I, 17 (mf, S of Chilobrachys jingzhao)

Chilobrachys guangxiensis Lin, Li & Xie, 2022: 9, f. 8b, 9a (mf)

Chilobrachys hardwickei (Pocock, 1895) | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001896

Musagetes hardwickii Pocock, 1895a: 174 (Dmf) Original description

Chilobrachys hardwickii Pocock, 1900a: 198, f. 62C (mf)

Chilobrachys hardwickii Smith, 1986b: 118, f. 9h (m)

Chilobrachys hardwickii Smith, 1987d: 118, f. 9h (m)

Chilobrachys hardwicki Schmidt, 2003l: 235, f. 745 (m)

Chilobrachys hardwickei Sen, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2012a: 202, f. 20-30, 60 (mf)

Chilobrachys hardwickei Sen et al., 2015: 17, f. 1-8, pl. 12 (mf)

Chilobrachys hardwickei Dhali, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2017: 23, f. 7-14, pl. 16 (mf)

Chilobrachys himalayensis (Tikader, 1977) | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002038

Phlogiodes himalayensis Tikader, 1977e: 317, f. 36-38 (Dm) Original description

Phlogiodes himalayaensis Brignoli, 1983c: 139

Chilobrachys himalayensis Siliwal & Raven, 2010: 73, f. 1-4 (m, T from Phlogiodes = Haploclastus)

Chilobrachys himalayensis Sen, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2012a: 203, f. 31-40, 61 (m)

Chilobrachys huahini Schmidt & Huber, 1996 | | Thailand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001897

Chilobrachys huahini Schmidt & Huber, 1996: 2, f. 1-3 (Df) Original description

Chilobrachys huahini Peters, 2000a: 91, f. 302 (f)

Chilobrachys huahini Schmidt, 2003l: 234, f. 738 (f)

Chilobrachys hubei Song & Zhao, 1988 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001898

Chilobrachys hubei Song & Zhao, 1988: 1, f. 1-2 (Dm) Original description

Chilobrachys hubei Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 40, f. 17L-M (m)

Chilobrachys hubei Schmidt, 2003l: 235, f. 746-747 (m)

Chilobrachys hubei Yu et al., 2021b: 2, f. 2F, 3A-C, 13F-G, 14H (m, Df)

Chilobrachys hubei Lin, Li & Xie, 2022: 9, f. 8c, 9b (mf)

Chilobrachys jinchengi Lin & Li, 2022 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053691

Chilobrachys jinchengi Lin, Li & Xie, 2022: 9, f. 8d (m)

Chilobrachys jinchengi Lin & Li in Lin, Yan & Li, 2022a: 106, f. 1B, 5A-H, 6A-B, 7A-C (Dm) Original description

Chilobrachys jonitriantisvansickleae Nanayakkara, Sumanapala & Kirk, 2019 | | Sri Lanka urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051389

Chilobrachys jonitriantisvansicklei Nanayakkara, Sumanapala & Kirk, 2019: 26, f. 1-15 (Dmf; patronym for Joni Triantis Van Sickle, 'lapsus calami' per ICZN Article 32.5.1, see FAQ 6) Original description

Chilobrachys khasiensis (Tikader, 1977) | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002167

Ischnocolus khasiensis Tikader, 1977e: 314, f. 21-25 (Df) Original description

Chilobrachys khasiensis Siliwal, 2009a: 533, f. 4-6 (f, T from Ischnocolus)

Chilobrachys khasiensis Sen, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2012a: 204, f. 41-49, 62 (f)

Chilobrachys khasiensis Sen et al., 2015: 17, f. 9-14, pl. 12 (f)

Chilobrachys khasiensis Dhali, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2017: 22, f. 1-6, pl. 16 (f)

Chilobrachys liboensis Zhu & Zhang, 2008 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041977

Chilobrachys liboensis Zhu & Zhang, 2008: 44, f. 5A-G (Dm) Original description

Chilobrachys liboensis Lin, Li & Xie, 2022: 9, f. 8e (m)

Chilobrachys lubricus Yu, S. Y. Zhang, F. Zhang, Li & Yang, 2021 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053462

Chilobrachys lubricus Yu et al., 2021b: 2, f. 1A-D, 2A-E, 13D-E, 14I (Dmf) Original description

Chilobrachys lubricus Lin, Li & Xie, 2022: 9, f. 8f, 9c (mf)

Chilobrachys natanicharum Chomphuphuang, Sippawat, Sriranan, Piyatrakulchai & Songsangchote, 2023 | | Thailand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059178

Chilobrachys natanicharum Chomphuphuang et al., 2023: 6, f. 1A-B, 3, 4A-F, 5A-D, 6A-C, 7A-E, 8A-C, 9A-B, 10A-C, 11A-F, 12A-B, 13, 14A-D (Dmf) Original description

Chilobrachys nitelinus Karsch, 1892 | | Sri Lanka urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001899

Chilobrachys nitelinus Karsch, 1892: 271, pl. 10, f. 2 (Df) Original description

Chilobrachys nitelinus Pocock, 1900a: 197 (Dm)

Chilobrachys nitelinus Schmidt, 2000c: 6, f. 1 (f)

Chilobrachys nitelinus Schmidt, 2003l: 235, f. 750 (f)

Chilobrachys nitelinus Nanayakkara, Sumanapala & Kirk, 2019: 28, f. 16-20 (mf)

Chilobrachys oculatus (Thorell, 1895) | j | Myanmar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001900

Phlogius oculatus Thorell, 1895b: 13 (Dj) Original description

Chilobrachys oculatus Pocock, 1895d: 228

Chilobrachys paviei (Simon, 1886) | | Thailand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001901

Phrictus paviei Simon, 1886a: 160 (Df) Original description

Chilobrachys paviei Simon, 1904b: 271

Chilobrachys paviei Schmidt, 2006b: 13, f. 1-3, 4b (f, Dm)

Chilobrachys pococki (Thorell, 1897) | | Myanmar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001902

Musagetes pocockii Thorell, 1897a: 180 (Df) Original description

Chilobrachys pococki Pocock, 1900a: 195 (Dm)

Chilobrachys qishuoi Lin & Li, 2022 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056299

Chilobrachys qishuoi Lin & Li in Lin, Li & Xie, 2022: 4, f. 1C, 2A-B, 3A-H, 4A-H, 5A-C, 6A-C, 7A-C, 9d (Dmf) Original description

Chilobrachys sericeus (Thorell, 1895) | | Myanmar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001903

Phlogius sericeus Thorell, 1895b: 10 (Dmf) Original description

Chilobrachys sericeus Pocock, 1895d: 227

Chilobrachys sericans Hancock & Hancock, 1989: 39, f. 34 (f)

Chilobrachys soricinus (Thorell, 1887) | | Myanmar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001904

Phrictus soricinus Thorell, 1887: 15 (Df) Original description

Chilobrachys soricinus Pocock, 1900a: 199

Chilobrachys stridulans (Wood-Mason, 1877) | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001905

Mygale stridulans Wood-Mason, 1877: 281, pl. 7 (Df) Original description

Musagetes masoni Pocock, 1895a: 174, pl. 10, f. 6 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059179]

Chilobrachys masoni Pocock, 1900a: 197, f. 60-61 (m)

Chilobrachys stridulans Pocock, 1900a: 198, f. 62A (Dm)

Chilobrachys stridulans Hirst, 1909: 388 (S of Chilobrachys masoni)

Chilobrachys stridulans Smith, 1986b: 119, f. 15h (m)

Chilobrachys stridulans Smith, 1987d: 119, f. 15h (m)

Chilobrachys stridulans Schmidt, 2003l: 236, f. 751-753 (m)

Chilobrachys stridulans Sen, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2012a: 205, f. 50-57, 63 (f)

Chilobrachys subarmatus (Thorell, 1891) | | India (Nicobar Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002281

Ischnocolus sub-armatus Thorell, 1891: 13 (Df) Original description

Phlogiellus subarmatus Pocock, 1900a: 202

Neochilobrachys subarmatus Hirst, 1909: 389 (Dm)

Chilobrachys subarmatus Nunn, West & von Wirth, 2016: 48 (T from Neochilobrachys)

Chilobrachys thorelli Pocock, 1900 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001906

Chilobrachys thorellii Pocock, 1900a: 199, f. 62B (Dm) Original description

Chilobrachys thorelli Smith, 1986b: 119, f. 16h (m)

Chilobrachys thorelli Smith, 1987d: 119, f. 16h (m)

Chilobrachys thorelli Schmidt, 2003l: 236, f. 754 (m)