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.

Gen. Hapalopus Ausserer, 1875 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00225

Transferred to other genera:

Hapalopus aldana (West, 2000) -- see Magnacarina

Hapalopus aymara Perdomo, Panzera & Pérez-Miles, 2009 -- see Notahapalopus

Hapalopus butantan (Pérez-Miles, 1998) -- see Jambu

Hapalopus flavohirtus Simon, 1889 -- see Catanduba

Hapalopus gasci (Maréchal, 1996) -- see Notahapalopus

Hapalopus guianensis Caporiacco, 1954 -- see Neostenotarsus

Hapalopus incei F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898 -- see Holothele

Hapalopus lesleyae Gabriel, 2011 -- see Jambu

Hapalopus nondescriptus Mello-Leitão, 1926 -- see Crypsidromus

Hapalopus pentaloris (Simon, 1888) -- see Davus

Hapalopus pictus Pocock, 1903 -- see Anqasha

Hapalopus rectimanus Mello-Leitão, 1923 -- see Plesiopelma

Hapalopus semiaurantiacus (Simon, 1897) -- see Plesiopelma

Hapalopus serrapelada Fonseca-Ferreira, Zampaulo & Guadanucci, 2017 -- see Notahapalopus

Hapalopus tripepii (Dresco, 1984) -- see Nhandu

Hapalopus versicolor (Simon, 1897) -- see Cyriocosmus

In synonymy:

Hapalopus magdalena (Karsch, 1879, T from Avicularia) = Hapalopus formosus Ausserer, 1875 (Schmidt, 1995b: 11)

Nomen nudum:

Hapalopus limensis Vellard, 1954 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048939] -- Alegre, Meneses & Aguilar, 1977: 63, the description by Vellard, 1954 was not published

Hapalopus akroa Moeller, Galleti-Lima & Guadanucci, 2024 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061632

Hapalopus akroa Moeller, Galleti-Lima & Guadanucci, 2024: 61, f. 11-18, 53-66 (Dmf) Original description

Hapalopus coloratus (Valerio, 1982) | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002234

Metriopelma colorata Valerio, 1982: 410, f. 3, 6 (Df) Original description

Metriopelma colorata Pérez-Miles et al., 1996: 53 (T from Crypsidromus, rejecting Raven, 1985a: 156)

Neischnocolus coloratus Schmidt, 2003l: 177, f. 439 (f)

Hapalopus coloratus Gabriel, 2016: 86 (T from Metriopelma)

Hapalopus coloratus Gabriel & Sherwood, 2022: 8, f. 16-19 (f)

Hapalopus formosus Ausserer, 1875 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002026

Hapalopus formosus Ausserer, 1875: 175, pl. 6, f. 17-18 (Dm) Original description

Typhochlaena magdalena Karsch, 1879h: 106 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057669]

Avicularia magdalenae Simon, 1892a: 171

Hapalopus formosus Simon, 1903a: 929, f. 1080-1081

Hapalopus formosus Schenkel, 1953a: 1, f. 1a-c (m; probably misidentified per Sherwood et al., 2024b: 6)

Hapalopus formosus Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1973b: 71, f. 79-84 (m, Df)

Hapalopus formosus Schmidt, 1986: 41, f. 9-10 (m)

Hapalopus formosus Smith, 1987d: 84, f. 41h (m)

Hapalopus formosus Schmidt, 1993d: 66, f. 98-100 (mf)

Hapalopus formosus Schmidt, 1995b: 11 (S of Avicularia magdalena)

Hapalopus formosus Pérez-Miles et al., 1996: 48, f. 22 (m)

Hapalopus formosus Schmidt, 1997g: 18, f. 135-137 (mf)

Hapalopus formosus Vol, 1999a: 11, f. J (f)

Hapalopus formosus Vol, 2001a: 7, f. 12 (m)

Hapalopus formosus Schmidt, 2003l: 132, f. 164-166 (mf)

Hapalopus formosus Pérez-Miles, 2020: 8, f. 1.8c (m)

Hapalopus formosus Sherwood et al., 2024b: 6, f. 1A-B, D, 2, 3A-L, 4A-D, 5A-E, 6A-F (mf)

Hapalopus guerreroi Benavides, Osorio, Sherwood, Gabriel, Peñaherrera-R., Hörweg, Brescovit & Lucas, 2024 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060998

Hapalopus guerreroi Benavides, Osorio, Sherwood, Gabriel, Peñaherrera-R., Hörweg, Brescovit & Lucas in Sherwood et al., 2024b: 11, f. 7A-L, 8A-E, 9A-F (Dmf) Original description

Hapalopus guidonae Moeller, Galleti-Lima & Guadanucci, 2024 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061633

Hapalopus guidonae Moeller, Galleti-Lima & Guadanucci, 2024: 64, f. 5-8, 10, 67-78, 116 (Dm) Original description

Hapalopus nigriventris (Mello-Leitão, 1939) | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002237

Cyriocosmus nigriventris Mello-Leitão, 1939e: 44, f. 2 (Df) Original description

Metriopelma nigriventre Pérez-Miles, 1998b: 101 (T from Cyriocosmus)

Hapalopus nigriventris Fukushima, Bertani & Silva, 2005: 22 (T from Metriopelma)

Hapalopus nigriventris Gabriel, 2016: 78, f. 65-68 (f)

Hapalopus platnicki Sherwood, Gabriel, Peñaherrera-R., Osorio, Benavides, Hörweg, Brescovit & Lucas, 2024 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060999

Hapalopus platnicki Sherwood et al., 2024b: 17, f. 10A-L, 11A-E, 12A-F (Dmf) Original description

Hapalopus triseriatus Caporiacco, 1955 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002030

Hapalopus triseriatus Caporiacco, 1955: 276 (Df) Original description

Hapalopus vangoghi Osorio, Benavides, Sherwood, Gabriel, Peñaherrera-R., Hörweg, Brescovit & Lucas, 2024 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061000

Hapalopus vangoghi Osorio, Benavides, Sherwood, Gabriel, Peñaherrera-R., Hörweg, Brescovit & Lucas in Sherwood et al., 2024b: 22, f. 13A-F, 14A-B (Df) Original description

Hapalopus variegatus (Caporiacco, 1955) | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037453

Proshapalopus variegatus Caporiacco, 1955: 281 (Df) Original description

Proshapalopus variegatus Huber, Samm & Schmidt, 1996: 42 (nomen dubium)

Proshapalopus variegatus Rudloff, 1997a: 5 (nomen dubium)

Metriopelma variegata Bertani, 2001: 286 (T from Proshapalopus, not a nomen dubium)

Hapalopus variegatus Gabriel, 2016: 86 (T from Metriopelma)