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. Citharognathus Pocock, 1895 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00208
type Citharognathus hosei Pocock, 1895; gender masculine

Transferred to other genera:

Citharognathus tongmianensis Zhu, Li & Song, 2002 -- see Magnacrus

Citharognathus hosei Pocock, 1895 | | Malaysia (Borneo) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001922 TYPE SPECIES
Citharognathus hosei Pocock, 1895a: 183, pl. 10, f. 1 (Df) Original description
Citharognathus hosei Hoang et al., 2025: 370, f. 9A-F, 10A-F, 11A-F, 12A-B, 13B (Dmf)

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