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:

Erythropoicila Fischel, 1927 = Cyriocosmus Simon, 1903 (Raven, 1985a: 152)

Pseudhomoeomma Mello-Leitão, 1930 = Cyriocosmus Simon, 1903 (Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1973b: 48)

Gen. Cyriocosmus Simon, 1903 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00214

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Pseudhomoeomma Mello-Leitão, 1930b: 57 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05130] (type P. fasciatum Mello-Leitão, 1930) by Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1973b: 48 and of Erythropoicila Fischel, 1927: 72 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05108] (type E. plana Fischel, 1927) by Raven, 1985a: 152.

Transferred to other genera:

Cyriocosmus butantan Pérez-Miles, 1998 -- see Jambu

Cyriocosmus nigriventris Mello-Leitão, 1939 -- see Hapalopus

In synonymy:

Cyriocosmus chicoi Pérez-Miles, 1998 = Cyriocosmus bicolor Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1945 (Gabriel, 2017: 10)

Cyriocosmus planus (Fischel, 1927) = Cyriocosmus elegans Simon, 1889 (Pérez-Miles, 1998b: 100)

Cyriocosmus rogerioi Pérez-Miles & Weinmann, 2009 = Cyriocosmus pribiki Pérez-Miles & Weinmann, 2009 (Kaderka, 2010: 92)

Cyriocosmus semifasciatus Mello-Leitão, 1939 = Cyriocosmus elegans Simon, 1889 (Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1973b: 67)

Cyriocosmus aueri Kaderka, 2016 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048284

Cyriocosmus aueri Kaderka, 2016a: 412, f. 7-8, 10a-e, 11a-e, 25e-f, 27c, 29c, 31a-d, 33g-h (Dmf) Original description

Cyriocosmus aueri Kaderka, 2019: 457, f. 16C (f)

Cyriocosmus bertae Pérez-Miles, 1998 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001950

Cyriocosmus bertae Pérez-Miles, 1998b: 99, f. 21-24 (Dm) Original description

Cyriocosmus bertae Schmidt, 2003l: 158, f. 314-315 (m)

Cyriocosmus bertae Fukushima, Bertani & Silva, 2005: 5, f. 3-4, 25, 41 (m)

Cyriocosmus bicolor (Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1945) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001933

Chaetorrhombus bicolor Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1945: 180, pl. VII, f. c-e (Df) Original description

Cyriocosmus chicoi Pérez-Miles, 1998b: 97, f. 8-13 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001953]

Cyriocosmus chicoi Schmidt, 2003l: 158, f. 319-321 (mf)

Cyriocosmus chicoi Fukushima, Bertani & Silva, 2005: 8, f. 15-16, 30, 36, 47 (mf)

Cyriocosmus bicolor Gabriel, 2017: 10, f. 1-5 (habitus only) (T from Cyclosternum, S of Cyriocosmus chicoi)

Cyriocosmus blenginii Pérez-Miles, 1998 | | Bolivia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001951

Cyriocosmus blenginii Pérez-Miles, 1998b: 99, f. 25-27 (Dm) Original description

Cyriocosmus blenginii Schmidt, 2003l: 158, f. 316-317 (m)

Cyriocosmus blenginii Fukushima, Bertani & Silva, 2005: 8, f. 21-23, 50 (m)

Cyriocosmus elegans (Simon, 1889) | | Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001954

Hapalopus elegans Simon, 1889m: 210 (Df) Original description

Cyriocosmus elegans Simon, 1903a: 929

Erythropoicila plana Fischel, 1927: 72, f. 13-15 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057269]

Cyriocosmus semifasciatus Mello-Leitão, 1939e: 46 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057270]

Cyriocosmus elegans Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1945: 181, pl. VIII (Dm)

Cyriocosmus elegans Schenkel, 1953a: 3, f. 3a-c (m)

Chaetorrhombus semifasciatus Bücherl, Timotheo & Lucas, 1971: 126, f. 42-43 (f, T from Cyriocosmus)

Cyriocosmus elegans Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1973b: 67, f. 9-15 (f, S of Chaetorrhombus semifasciatus and Pseudohomoeomma fasciatum; Cyriocosmus fasciatus revalidated by Fukushima, Bertani & Silva, 2005: 10)

Cyriocosmus elegans Pérez-Miles, 1998b: 100 (S of Cyriocosmus planus)

Cyriocosmus elegans Bertani, 2000: 30, f. 17-18 (m)

Cyriocosmus elegans Peters, 2003: 157, f. 627-628, 630 (mf)

Cyriocosmus elegans Schmidt, 2003l: 158, f. 322-324 (mf)

Cyriocosmus elegans Fukushima, Bertani & Silva, 2005: 9, f. 7-8, 27, 37, 43 (mf)

Cyriocosmus elegans Fukushima, Nagahama & Bertani, 2008: 408, f. 11 (m)

Cyriocosmus elegans Sherwood & Gabriel, 2023c: 60, f. 1-11 (m)

Cyriocosmus fasciatus (Mello-Leitão, 1930) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039392

Pseudhomoeomma fasciatum Mello-Leitão, 1930b: 57, f. 5-7 (Dmf) Original description

Pseudohomoeomma fasciatum Bücherl, 1957: 391, f. 38-38a (m)

Pseudohomoeomma fasciatum Bücherl, Timotheo & Lucas, 1971: 125, f. 35-37 (mf)

Pseudohomoeomma fasciatum Smith, 1986b: 97, f. 98h (m)

Pseudohomoeomma fasciatum Smith, 1987d: 97, f. 98h (m)

Cyriocosmus fasciatus Fukushima, Bertani & Silva, 2005: 10, f. 9-10, 33, 39, 44 (mf, removed from S of Cyriocosmus elegans, rejecting Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1973b: 67)

Cyriocosmus fernandoi Fukushima, Bertani & Silva, 2005 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039497

Cyriocosmus fernandoi Fukushima, Bertani & Silva, 2005: 17, f. 13-14, 29, 35, 46, 59-60 (Dmf) Original description

Cyriocosmus foliatus Kaderka, 2019 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051635

Cyriocosmus foliatus Kaderka, 2019: 454, f. 12, 13A-F, 14A-B, 15A-D (Dm) Original description

Cyriocosmus giganteus Kaderka, 2016 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048288

Cyriocosmus giganteus Kaderka, 2016a: 433, f. 20a-f, 25g-h, 28b (Dm) Original description

Cyriocosmus giganteus Kaderka, 2019: 447, f. 1-2, 3A-E, 4, 16G, 17A-B (Df)

Cyriocosmus hoeferi Kaderka, 2016 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048285

Cyriocosmus hoeferi Kaderka, 2016a: 419, f. 12a-b, 13a-g, 14a-f, 26e-h, 28a, 29d (Dmf) Original description

Cyriocosmus itayensis Kaderka, 2016 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048283

Cyriocosmus itayensis Kaderka, 2016a: 403, f. 4a-b, 5a-e, 6a-e, 25c-d, 27b, 29b, 31e-h, 33e-f (Dmf) Original description

Cyriocosmus itayensis Kaderka, 2019: 458, f. 16B (f)

Cyriocosmus leetzi Vol, 1999 | | Colombia, Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001955

Cyriocosmus leetzi Vol, 1999b: 2, 9 unnumbered f. (Dmf) Original description

Cyriocosmus leetzi Sejna, 2000: 9, f. (f)

Cyriocosmus leetzi Schmidt, 2003l: 159, f. 325 (f)

Cyriocosmus leetzi Fukushima, Bertani & Silva, 2005: 10, f. 5-6, 26, 38, 42 (mf)

Cyriocosmus leetzi Kaderka, 2016a: 453, f. 32a-b, 34, 35a (mf)

Cyriocosmus nicholausgordoni Kaderka, 2016 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048287

Cyriocosmus nicholausgordoni Kaderka, 2016a: 427, f. 17a-b, 18a-e, 19a-e, 28c, 32c-d, 35b (Dmf) Original description

Cyriocosmus nogueiranetoi Fukushima, Bertani & Silva, 2005 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039498

Cyriocosmus nogueira-netoi Fukushima, Bertani & Silva, 2005: 14, f. 11-12, 28, 34, 45, 58 (Dmf) Original description

Cyriocosmus paredesi Kaderka, 2019 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051634

Cyriocosmus paredesi Kaderka, 2019: 452, f. 10A-G, 11A-C (Dm) Original description

Cyriocosmus paresi Moeller, Galleti-Lima & Guadanucci, 2024 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061631

Cyriocosmus paresi Moeller, Galleti-Lima & Guadanucci, 2024: 58, f. 1-4, 9, 43-52, 115 (Dm) Original description

Cyriocosmus perezmilesi Kaderka, 2007 | | Bolivia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041287

Cyriocosmus perezmilesi Kaderka, 2007: 64, f. 1-8 (Dmf) Original description

Cyriocosmus perezmilesi Kaderka, 2016a: 448, f. 32g-h (m)

Cyriocosmus peruvianus Kaderka, 2016 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048282

Cyriocosmus peruvianus Kaderka, 2016a: 398, f. 1a-b, 2a-e, 3a-e, 25a-b, 27a, 29a, 30a-h, 33a-d (Dmf) Original description

Cyriocosmus peruvianus Kaderka, 2019: 458, f. 16A (f)

Cyriocosmus pribiki Pérez-Miles & Weinmann, 2009 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042750

Cyriocosmus pribiki Pérez-Miles & Weinmann, 2009: 30, f. 1-6 (Dmf) Original description

Cyriocosmus rogerioi Pérez-Miles & Weinmann, 2009: 32, f. 7-11 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042751]

Cyriocosmus pribiki Kaderka, 2010: 92, f. 15-18 (m, S of Cyriocosmus rogerioi)

Cyriocosmus pribiki Kaderka, 2016a: 445, f. 29e (f)

Cyriocosmus pribiki Kaderka, 2019: 458, f. 16E (f)

Cyriocosmus ritae Pérez-Miles, 1998 | | Peru, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001956

Cyriocosmus ritae Pérez-Miles, 1998b: 98, f. 14-20 (Dm) Original description

Cyriocosmus ritae Schmidt, 2003l: 159, f. 326-327 (m)

Cyriocosmus ritae Fukushima, Bertani & Silva, 2005: 11, f. 17-18, 31, 48 (m)

Cyriocosmus ritae Kaderka, 2016a: 438, f. 22a-c, 23a-e, 24a-b, 26a-b, 27d, 29f, 33i-j (m, Df)

Cyriocosmus ritae Kaderka, 2019: 459, f. 8A-B, 16F (mf)

Cyriocosmus sellatus (Simon, 1889) | | Peru, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001957

Hapalopus sellatus Simon, 1889m: 218 (Dmf) Original description

Cyriocosmus sellatus Simon, 1903a: 929, f. 1082 (m)

Cyriocosmus sellatus Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1973b: 67, f. 16-22 (mf)

Cyriocosmus sellatus Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1973b: 65, f. 1-4, 16-18 (mf)

Cyriocosmus sellatus Schmidt, 1986: 43, f. 24 (m)

Cyriocosmus sellatus Smith, 1986b: 80, f. 24h (m)

Cyriocosmus sellatus Smith, 1987d: 80, f. 24h (m)

Cyriocosmus sellatus Schmidt, 1993d: 63, f. 64-67 (mf)

Cyriocosmus sellatus Pérez-Miles et al., 1996: 48, f. 16 (m)

Cyriocosmus sellatus Schmidt, 1997g: 15, f. 19-22 (mf)

Cyriocosmus sellatus Vol, 1999a: 11, f. F (f)

Cyriocosmus sellatus Schmidt, 2003l: 123, f. 83-86 (mf)

Cyriocosmus sellatus Fukushima, Bertani & Silva, 2005: 11, f. 19-20, 32, 49 (mf)

Cyriocosmus sellatus Kaderka, 2016a: 436, f. 21a-f, 26c-d, 32e-f (m)

Cyriocosmus sellatus Kaderka, 2019: 449, f. 5, 6A-E, 7A-C, 8C-H, 9A-B (m)

Cyriocosmus venezuelensis Kaderka, 2010 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043413

Cyriocosmus venezuelensis Kaderka, 2010: 88, f. 1-13 (Dmf) Original description

Cyriocosmus versicolor (Simon, 1897) | | Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001958

Cyclosternum versicolor Simon, 1897e: 3 (Dmf) Original description

Hapalopus versicolor Roewer, 1942a: 231

Cyriocosmus versicolor Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1973b: 69, f. 5-8, 19-21 (mf, T from Hapalopus)

Cyriocosmus versicolor Schmidt, 1999f: 5, f. 4-6 (mf)

Cyriocosmus versicolor Schmidt, 2003l: 159, f. 328-330 (mf)

Cyriocosmus versicolor Fukushima, Bertani & Silva, 2005: 13, f. 1-2, 24, 40 (mf)

Cyriocosmus versicolor Allegue et al., 2023a: 1848, f. 1-11 (m)

Cyriocosmus williamlamari Kaderka, 2016 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048286

Cyriocosmus williamlamari Kaderka, 2016a: 424, f. 15, 16a-f, 29g (Df) Original description