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:

Cyrtosternum Ausserer, 1875 = Cyrtopholis Simon, 1892 (Simon, 1892a: 143, preoccupied, replacement name)

Lyroscelus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 = Cyrtopholis Simon, 1892 (Simon, 1903a: 931)

Homonym replaced:

Cyrtosternum Ausserer, 1875 -- see Cyrtopholis Simon, 1892 - in Simon, 1892a

Gen. Cyrtopholis Simon, 1892 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00216

N.B.: replacement name for Cyrtosternum Ausserer, 1875: 176 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05181], proccupied in Hemiptera by Fieber, 1860; considered a senior synonym of Lyroscelus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901b: 324 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06170](type L. bonhotei F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) by Simon, 1903a: 931.

Transferred to other genera:

Cyrtopholis angustata Kraus, 1955 -- see Stichoplastoris

Cyrtopholis cyanea Rudloff, 1994 -- see Citharacanthus

Cyrtopholis longistyla Kraus, 1955 -- see Stichoplastoris

Cyrtopholis lycosoides Tullgren, 1905 -- see Acanthoscurria

Cyrtopholis media Chamberlin, 1917 -- see Nesipelma

Cyrtopholis palmarum Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1945 -- see Umbyquyra

Cyrtopholis pernix (Ausserer, 1875) -- see Hemirrhagus

Cyrtopholis sargi Strand, 1907 -- see Citharacanthus

Cyrtopholis schmidti Rudloff, 1996 -- see Umbyquyra

Cyrtopholis schusterae Kraus, 1955 -- see Stichoplastoris

Cyrtopholis zorodes Mello-Leitão, 1923 -- see Acanthoscurria

In synonymy:

Cyrtopholis acutispina Strand, 1907 = Cyrtopholis bartholomaei Latreille, 1832 (Petrunkevitch, 1929a: 519)

Cyrtopholis antillana Thorell, 1894 = Cyrtopholis bartholomaei Latreille, 1832 (Petrunkevitch, 1929a: 519)

Cyrtopholis debilis Franganillo, 1931 = Cyrtopholis unispina Franganillo, 1926 (Franganillo, 1931a: 170)

Cyrtopholis debilis bispinosa Franganillo, 1931 = Cyrtopholis major Franganillo, 1926 (Franganillo, 1931a: 171)

Cyrtopholis gypsator (Becker, 1879, T from Crypsidromus) = Cyrtopholis bartholomaei Latreille, 1832 (Petrunkevitch, 1929a: 519)

Cyrtopholis incana (C. L. Koch, 1842, T from Mygale) = Cyrtopholis bartholomaei Latreille, 1832 (Petrunkevitch, 1929a: 519)

Cyrtopholis pelus Chamberlin, 1917 = Cyrtopholis bartholomaei Latreille, 1832 (Petrunkevitch, 1929a: 519)

Nomen dubium:

Cyrtopholis meridionalis (Keyserling, 1891: 6, f, Brazil, originally in Cyrtosternum) -- Gargiulo, Brescovit & Lucas, 2018: 44

Nomen nudum:

Cyrtopholis respina Franganillo, 1935, Cuba, after Roewer, 1942a: 230: "Belen Habana Cuba 9 (51-52), p. 45 (D)" [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001988] -- Fabiano-da-Silva et al., 2020, as there is apparently no description, it is evaluated as nomen nudum; probably a lapsus by Roewer

Cyrtopholis agilis Pocock, 1903 | | Hispaniola (Haiti, Dominican Rep.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001963

Cyrtopholis agilis Pocock, 1903b: 97 (Dm) Original description

Cyrtopholis agilis Bryant, 1948b: 337, f. 6-7 (m)

Cyrtopholis anacanta Franganillo, 1935 | ? | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001964

Cyrtopholis anacantus Franganillo, 1935a: 25 (D) Original description

Cyrtopholis anacanta Fabiano-da-Silva et al., 2020: 87 (species inquirenda)

Cyrtopholis annectans Chamberlin, 1917 | | Barbados urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001965

Cyrtopholis annectans Chamberlin, 1917: 40, pl. 3, f. 1-2 (Dmf) Original description

Cyrtopholis annectans Smith, 1986b: 80, f. 28h (m)

Cyrtopholis annectans Smith, 1987d: 80, f. 28h (m)

Cyrtopholis bartholomaei (Latreille, 1832) | | St. Thomas, St. Barthelemy, Antigua urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001966

Mygale bartholomaei Latreille, 1832: 62 (D) Original description

Mygale incana C. L. Koch, 1842: vol. 9: 70, pl. 312, f. 735 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061608]

Crypsidromus gypsator Becker, 1879a: 85, pl. 2, f. 11-15 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061609]

Cyrtopholis antillana Thorell, 1894: 25 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061610]

Cyrtopholis venatoria Simon, 1903a: 931 (misidentified per Petrunkevitch, 1929a: 519, not Heteropoda venatoria)

Cyrtopholis venatorius Pocock, 1903b: 95 (misidentified per Petrunkevitch, 1929a: 519, not Heteropoda venatoria)

Cyrtopholis bartholomaei Strand, 1906c: 4, f. 1-2 (m)

Cyrtopholis acutispina Strand, 1907f: 217 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061611]

Cyrtopholis acutispina Strand, 1907l: 25 (Dmf)

Cyrtopholis pelus Chamberlin, 1917: 42, pl. 2, f. 8-10 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061612]

Cyrtopholis bartholomaei Petrunkevitch, 1926: 33, f. 1 (f)

Cyrtopholis bartholomaei Petrunkevitch, 1929a: 519, pl. 1, f. 14-16 (m, S of Cyrtopholis acutispina, C. antillana, C. pelus, Crypsidromus gypsator and Mygale incana)

Cyrtopholis bartholomaei Schmidt, 1997a: 3, f. 2-5 (mf)

Cyrtopholis bartholomaei Schmidt, 2003l: 160, f. 331-333 (mf)

Cyrtopholis bonhotei (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) | | Bahamas urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001967

Lyroscelus bonhotei F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901b: 324, pl. 7, f. 6 (Dm) Original description

Cyrtopholis bonhotei Simon, 1903a: 931

Cyrtopholis bonhotei Pocock, 1903b: 95

Cyrtopholis bonhotei Smith, 1986b: 81, f. 30h (m)

Cyrtopholis bonhotei Smith, 1987d: 81, f. 30h (m)

Cyrtopholis bryantae Rudloff, 1995 | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001968

Cyrtopholis bryanti Rudloff, 1995b: 14, f. 10-18 (Df; N.B.: a patronym for Elizabeth Bryant, 'lapsus calami' per ICZN Article 32.5.1., see FAQ 6) Original description

Cyrtopholis bryantae Peters, 2003: 159, f. 635 (f)

Cyrtopholis bryantae Schmidt, 2003l: 160, f. 334-336 (f)

Cyrtopholis bryanti Abegg et al., 2016: 202 (bryantae evaluated as 'unjustified emendation'; not accepted here, see above)

Cyrtopholis culebrae (Petrunkevitch, 1929) | | Puerto Rico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001969

Stichoplastus culebrae Petrunkevitch, 1929b: 43, f. 25-27 (Df) Original description

Cyrtopholis culebrae Rudloff, 1997a: 14 (T from Stichoplastus)

Cyrtopholis cursor (Ausserer, 1875) | | Hispaniola urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001970

Cyrtosternum cursor Ausserer, 1875: 176 (Df) Original description

Cyrtopholis cursor Simon, 1892a: 143

Cyrtopholis cursor Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1973b: 68, f. 6-7 (f)

Cyrtopholis cursor Schmidt, 1993d: 63, f. 70 (f)

Cyrtopholis cursor Pérez-Miles et al., 1996: 48, f. 17 (f)

Cyrtopholis cursor Schmidt, 1997g: 18, f. 151 (f)

Cyrtopholis cursor Vol, 1999a: 11, f. G (f)

Cyrtopholis cursor Schmidt, 2003l: 133, f. 172 (f)

Cyrtopholis femoralis Pocock, 1903 | | Montserrat urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001971

Cyrtopholis femoralis Pocock, 1903b: 96 (Dm) Original description

Cyrtopholis flavostriata Schmidt, 1995 | | Virgin Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001972

Cyrtopholis flavostriatus Schmidt, 1995i: 3, f. 1-2 (Df) Original description

Cyrtopholis flavostriatus Schmidt, 1997a: 2, f. 1 (Dm)

Cyrtopholis flavostriata Schmidt, 2003l: 161, f. 337-338 (mf)

Cyrtopholis gibbosa Franganillo, 1936 | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001973

Cyrtopholis gibbosus Franganillo, 1936a: 259, f. 1-5, pl. 23 (Dmf) Original description

Cyrtopholis gibbosus Franganillo, 1936c: 27, f. 7, 8.2-5, 9.1-2 (m)

Sphaerobothria gibbosus Bryant, 1940: 261 (T from Cyrtopholis)

Cyrtopholis gibbosus Schmidt, 1993b: 10, f. 1 (f, T from Sphaerobothria)

Cyrtopholis gibbosus Peters, 2003: 160, f. 640 (f)

Cyrtopholis gibbosa Fabiano-da-Silva et al., 2020: 85, f. 20-24 (f)

Cyrtopholis innocua (Ausserer, 1871) | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001974

Crypsidromus innocuus Ausserer, 1871a: 194 (Df) Original description

Cyrtopholis innocuus Simon, 1903a: 931

Cyrtopholis intermedia (Ausserer, 1875) | | South America urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001975

Crypsidromus intermedius Ausserer, 1875: 180 (Df) Original description

Cyrtopholis intermedius Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1979: 297 (removed from S of Phormictopus cancerides)

Cyrtopholis ischnoculiformis (Franganillo, 1926) | j | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001976

Cyclosternum ischnoculiforme Franganillo, 1926a: 43, f. 1 (Df) Original description

Cyrtopholis implumis Franganillo, 1931c: 285, f. 18 (T from Cyclosternum; unjustified replacement name)

Cyclosternum ischnocoliforme Roewer, 1942a: 228

Cyrtopholis ischnoculiformis Fabiano-da-Silva et al., 2020: 87 (species inquirenda, type is juvenile)

Cyrtopholis jamaicola Strand, 1908 | | Jamaica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001977

Cyrtopholis jamaicola Strand, 1908b: 769 (Df) Original description

Cyrtopholis major (Franganillo, 1926) | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001978

Cyclosternum majus Franganillo, 1926a: 44 (Df) Original description

Cyrtopholis debilis bispinosa Franganillo, 1931a: 171 (T from Cyclosternum; unjustified replacement name) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057396]

Cyclosternum majum Roewer, 1942a: 228

Cyrtopholis major Fabiano-da-Silva et al., 2020: 83, f. 10-14 (f)

Cyrtopholis obsoleta (Franganillo, 1935) | ? | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001981

Stichoplastus obsoletus Franganillo, 1935a: 24 (D) Original description

Stichoplastus obsoletus Franganillo, 1936c: 22, f. 5 (D)

Cyrtopholis obsoletus Rudloff, 1997a: 14 (T from Stichoplastus)

Cyrtopholis obsoleta Fabiano-da-Silva et al., 2020: 87 (species inquirenda)

Cyrtopholis plumosa Franganillo, 1931 | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001984

Cyrtopholis plumosus Franganillo, 1931a: 171 (Df) Original description

Cyrtopholis plumosa Fabiano-da-Silva et al., 2020: 81, f. 1-9 (f)

Cyrtopholis portoricae Chamberlin, 1917 | | Puerto Rico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001985

Cyrtopholis portoricae Chamberlin, 1917: 39, pl. 2, f. 7 (Df) Original description

Cyrtopholis portoricae Petrunkevitch, 1929b: 20, f. 8-17 (f, Dm)

Cyrtopholis portoricae Bertani, 2001: 324, f. 38-40 (m)

Cyrtopholis ramsi Rudloff, 1995 | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001986

Cyrtopholis ramsi Rudloff, 1995e: 17, f. 15-23 (Dmf) Original description

Cyrtopholis ramsi Peters, 2003: 162, f. 645 (f)

Cyrtopholis ramsi Schmidt, 2003l: 161, f. 339-340 (mf)

Cyrtopholis regibbosa Rudloff, 1994 | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001987

Cyrtopholis regibbosus Rudloff, 1994a: 42, f. 1-4 (Df) Original description

Cyrtopholis regibbosus Rudloff, 1994b: 7, f. 1-4 (f)

Cyrtopholis regibbosus Rudloff, 1995a: 13, f. 1-9 (Dm)

Cyrtopholis regibbosus Peters, 2003: 163, f. 648 (f)

Cyrtopholis regibbosa Schmidt, 2003l: 161, f. 341-45 (m)

Cyrtopholis unispina Franganillo, 1926 | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001990

Cyrtopholis unispinus Franganillo, 1926a: 45 (Df) Original description

Cyrtopholis debilis Franganillo, 1931a: 170, f. 10 (f; unjustified replacement name) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057395]

Cyrtopholis unispina Fabiano-da-Silva et al., 2020: 84, f. 15-19 (f)