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:

Demotarbus Franganillo, 1931 = Citharacanthus Pocock, 1901 (Petrunkevitch, 1939a: 251)

Gen. Citharacanthus Pocock, 1901 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00206

type Eurypelma longipes F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897; gender masculine

N.B.: removed from the synonym of Plesiopelma Pocock, 1901 by Pérez-Miles et al., 1996: 55 (contra Raven, 1985a: 157); considered a senior synonym of Demotarbus Franganillo, 1931a: 168 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06276] (type Xenesthis cubana Franganillo, 1930 = Citharacanthus spinicrus (Latreille, 1818)) by Petrunkevitch, 1939a: 251.

Transferred to other genera:

Citharacanthus alvarezi Estrada-Alvarez, Guadarrama & Martínez, 2013 -- see Tliltocatl

Citharacanthus crinirufus Valerio, 1980 -- see Aphonopelma

Citharacanthus imperatrix (Piza, 1976) -- see Plesiopelma

Citharacanthus sclerothrix Valerio, 1980 -- see Aphonopelma

In synonymy:

Citharacanthus cubanus (Walckenaer, 1837) = Citharacanthus spinicrus (Latreille, 1818) (Lucas, 1857a: 73, sub Mygale)

Citharacanthus cubanus (Franganillo, 1930, T from Xenesthis) = Citharacanthus spinicrus (Latreille, 1818) (Franganillo, 1934: 148, sub Demotarbus)

Nomen dubium:

Citharacanthus sargi (Strand, 1907l: 26, f, Guatemala, originally in Cyrtopholis) -- Nentwig et al., 2020: 26

Citharacanthus alayoni Rudloff, 1995 | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001913

Citharacanthus alayoni Rudloff, 1995d: 14, f. 8-14 (Df) Original description

Citharacanthus alayoni Rudloff, 1998: 1, f. 9-10 (Dm)

Citharacanthus alayoni Peters, 2000a: 97, f. 314-315 (m)

Citharacanthus alayoni Peters, 2003: 142, f. 566-567, 571 (mf)

Citharacanthus alayoni Schmidt, 2003l: 154, f. 287-291 (mf)

Citharacanthus cyaneus (Rudloff, 1994) | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001914

Cyrtopholis cyaneus Rudloff, 1994a: 44, f. 5-10 (Dmf) Original description

Cyrtopholis cyaneus Rudloff, 1994b: 10, f. 5-10 (mf)

Citharacanthus cyaneus Rudloff, 1995c: 12, f. 2-7 (mf, T from Cyrtopholis)

Citharacanthus cyaneus Rudloff, 1998: 1, f. 7-8 (m)

Citharacanthus cyaneus Peters, 2000a: 98, f. 319-320 (m)

Citharacanthus cyaneus Peters, 2003: 142, f. 572-574 (mf)

Citharacanthus cyaneus Schmidt, 2003l: 154, f. 292-294 (f)

Citharacanthus livingstoni Schmidt & Weinmann, 1996 | | Guatemala urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001915

Citharacanthus livingstoni Schmidt & Weinmann, 1996: 2, f. 1-11 (Dmf) Original description

Citharacanthus livingstoni Schmidt, 1997g: 18, f. 163-167 (mf)

Citharacanthus livingstoni Peters, 2000a: 99, f. 324 (f)

Citharacanthus livingstoni Peters, 2003: 144, f. 578, 581-583 (mf)

Citharacanthus livingstoni Schmidt, 2003l: 135, f. 182-186 (mf)

Citharacanthus longipes (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) | | Mexico, Central America urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001916 TYPE SPECIES

Eurypelma longipes F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897a: 21, pl. 1, f. 15 (Dmf) Original description

Citharacanthus longipes Pocock, 1901c: 551

Citharacanthus longipes Smith, 1986b: 51, f. 35h (m)

Citharacanthus longipes Smith, 1987d: 51, f. 35h (m)

Citharacanthus longipes Smith, 1995: 178, f. 981-1001 (mf)

Citharacanthus longipes Pérez-Miles et al., 1996: 46, f. 11 (m)

Citharacanthus longipes Schmidt, 1997g: 18, f. 162 (m)

Citharacanthus longipes Peters, 2000a: 100, f. 328 (m)

Citharacanthus longipes Peters, 2003: 146, f. 586 (m)

Citharacanthus longipes Schmidt, 2003l: 135, f. 181 (m)

Citharacanthus longipes Longhorn & Gabriel, 2019: 115, f. 42-43 (m)

Citharacanthus meermani Reichling & West, 2000 | | Belize, Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036945

Citharacanthus meermani Reichling & West, 2000: 128, f. 1A-D, 2 (Dmf) Original description

Citharacanthus meermani Schmidt, 2003l: 155, f. 295-297 (mf)

Citharacanthus meermani Longhorn & Gabriel, 2019: 115, f. 40-41 (m)

Citharacanthus niger Franganillo, 1931 | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001917

Citharacanthus longipes niger Franganillo, 1931a: 170 (Dm) Original description

Citharacanthus niger Rudloff, 1998: 1, f. 1-6 (m, elevated from subspecies)

Citharacanthus spinicrus (Latreille, 1818) | | Cuba, Hispaniola urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001919

Mygale spinicrus Latreille, 1818: vol. 22, p. 118 (D) Original description

Mygale cubana Walckenaer, 1837: 213 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065340]

Mygale spinicrus Lucas, 1857a: 73, pl. 4, f. 1 (Dmf, S of Mygale cubana)

Eurypelma spinicrus Ausserer, 1871a: 215

Xenestis cubana Franganillo, 1930: 8, f. 3 (Dmf, lapsus) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056675]

Demotarbus cubanus Franganillo, 1931a: 168, f. 5-9 (mf, T from Xenesthis)

Demotarbus spinicrus Franganillo, 1934: 148, f. 1-4 (S of Demotarbus cubanus)

Demotarbus cubanus Franganillo, 1936c: 34, f. 10-14 (m)

Citharacanthus spinicrus Petrunkevitch, 1939a: 251

Eurypelma spinicrus Bryant, 1940: 261

Citharacanthus spinicrus Smith, 1986b: 52, f. 37h (m, T from Avicularia)

Citharacanthus spinicrus Smith, 1987d: 52, f. 37h (m)

Citharacanthus spinicrus Schmidt, 1993d: 85, f. 194 (f)

Citharacanthus spinicrus Rudloff, 1998: 4 (nomen dubium; not accepted by Platnick, probably a senior S of one of Rudloff's names)

Citharacanthus spinicrus Peters, 2003: 147, f. 593, 595-596 (mf)

Citharacanthus spinicrus Schmidt, 2003l: 256, f. 2 (f)

Mygale cubanus Rudloff, 2008a: 3 (sensu Walckenaer, nomen dubium; not accepted by Platnick)

Mygale spinicrus Rudloff, 2008a: 3 (nomen dubium; not accepted by Platnick)