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.

Nomina dubia

Cyriopagopus Simon, 1887, type C. paganus Simon, 1887 -- Smith, Daniel & Vignaud, 2026: 25

Gen. Cyriopagopus Simon, 1887 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00215

type Cyriopagopus paganus Simon, 1887; gender masculine

N.B.: not a senior synonym Melognathus Chamberlin, 1917 per Gabriel & Sherwood, 2019c: 145 (rejecting Raven, 1985a: 156); not a senior synonym of Haplopelma Simon, 1892 and of Melopoeus Pocock, 1895 per Smith, Daniel & Vignaud, 2026: 25 (rejecting Smith & Jacobi, 2015: 28).

Transferred to other genera:

Cyriopagopus albostriatus (Simon, 1886) -- see Melopoeus

Cyriopagopus doriae (Thorell, 1890) -- see Haplopelma

Cyriopagopus dromeus (Chamberlin, 1917) -- see Melognathus

Cyriopagopus hainanus (Liang, Peng, Huang & Chen, 1999) -- see Melopoeus

Cyriopagopus huwenus (Wang, Peng & Xie, 1993) -- see Melopoeus

Cyriopagopus lividus (Smith, 1996) -- see Melopoeus

Cyriopagopus longipes (von Wirth & Striffler, 2005) -- see Melopoeus

Cyriopagopus minax (Thorell, 1897) -- see Melopoeus

Cyriopagopus robustus (Strand, 1907) -- see Haplopelma

Cyriopagopus schioedtei (Thorell, 1891) -- see Omothymus

Cyriopagopus schmidti (von Wirth, 1991) -- see Melopoeus

Cyriopagopus thorelli (Simon, 1901) -- see Omothymus

Cyriopagopus vonwirthi (Schmidt, 2005) -- see Melopoeus

Nomina dubia:

Cyriopagopus paganus Simon, 1887i: 111 (f, Myanmar) -- Smith, Daniel & Vignaud, 2026: 25

Cyriopagopus salangensis (Strand, 1907l: 67, f, Malaysia, originally in Melopoeus) -- Nentwig et al., 2020: 26

Cyriopagopus paganus Simon, 1887 | | Myanmar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001960 TYPE SPECIES

Cyriopagopus paganus Simon, 1887i: 111 (Df) Original description

Cyriopagopus paganus Smith, Daniel & Vignaud, 2026: 25 (type not found, deemed lost, unidentifiable, nomen dubium)

Cyriopagopus salangensis (Strand, 1907) | | Malaysia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002052

Melopoeus salangensis Strand, 1907l: 67 (Df) Original description

Cyriopagopus salangense Smith & Jacobi, 2015: 47 (T from Haplopelma)

Cyriopagopus salangense Nentwig et al., 2020: 26 (nomen dubium)