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.

Gen. Catumiri Guadanucci, 2004 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03608

type Catumiri petropolium Guadanucci, 2004; gender neuter

In synonymy:

Catumiri uruguayense Guadanucci, 2004 = Catumiri parvum (Keyserling, 1878) (Fukushima, Pérez-Miles & Bertani, 2011: 528)

Catumiri almonacidae Montenegro & Aguilera, 2025 | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066618

Cenobiopelma argentinensis Legendre & Calderón, 1984: 1038, pl. 9, f. 1-8 (f; misidentified per Montenegro & Aguilera, 2025b: 83)

Catumiri almonacidae Montenegro & Aguilera, 2025b: 83, f. 1-14 (Dmf) Original description

Catumiri argentinense (Mello-Leitão, 1941) | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002250

Cenobiopelma argentinensis Mello-Leitão, 1941d: 104, pl. II, f. 4 (Df) Original description

Cenobiopelma argentinensis Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1973a: 110, f. 1-7 (Dm, f)

Cenobiopelma argentinensis Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1973b: 63, f. 32-38 (mf)

Oligoxystre argentinensis Schmidt, 1993d: 68, f. 123-125 (mf)

Oligoxystre argentinensis Schmidt, 1999f: 8, f. 1-3 (mf)

Oligoxystre argentinense Schmidt, 2003l: 112, f. 51-53 (mf)

Catumiri argentinense Guadanucci, 2004: 10, f. 16-20 (mf, T from Oligoxystre)

Catumiri argentinense Guadanucci, 2005: 464, f. 7 (f)

Catumiri chicaoi Guadanucci, 2004 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039492

Catumiri chicaoi Guadanucci, 2004: 6, f. 5-9 (Dmf) Original description

Catumiri parvum (Keyserling, 1878) | | Brazil, Uruguay urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001823

Ischnocolus parvus Keyserling, 1878a: 611 (Dj) Original description

Eurypelma parvum Roewer, 1942a: 241

Oligoxystre argentinensis Costa, Pérez-Miles & Corte, 2000: 131, f. 1-2 (mf; misidentified per Guadanucci, 2004: 7)

Catumiri uruguayense Guadanucci, 2004: 7, f. 10-15 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039494]

Catumiri parvum Fukushima, Pérez-Miles & Bertani, 2011: 528, f. 1 (j, T from Avicularia, S of Catumiri uruguayense)

Catumiri parvum Guadanucci, 2020: 87, f. 3.3E (f)

Catumiri parvum Galleti-Lima, Indicatti & Guadanucci, 2021: 846, f. 2A-B, 5A-F (m)

Catumiri petropolium Guadanucci, 2004 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039493 TYPE SPECIES

Catumiri petropolium Guadanucci, 2004: 4, f. 1-4 (Dm) Original description

Catumiri petropolium Guadanucci, 2020: 87, f. 3.3A-D, 3.5H (m)

Catumiri petropolium Galleti-Lima, Indicatti & Guadanucci, 2021: 845, f. 1A-B, 3A-F, 4A-F (m, Df)

Catumiri sapucai Nicoletta, Panchuk, Peralta-Seen & Ferretti, 2022 | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056841

Catumiri sapucai Nicoletta et al., 2022c: 9, f. 6A-B, D, 7A-F, 8A-C, 9A-F (Dmf) Original description