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:

Phlogiodes Pocock, 1899 = Haploclastus Simon, 1892 (Raven, 1985a: 157)

Gen. Haploclastus Simon, 1892 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00227

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Phlogiodes Pocock, 1899d: 748 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05127] (type P. validus Pocock, 1899) by Raven, 1985a: 157 (see Mirza & Sanap, 2013: 20, whose attempt to revalidate Phlogiodes was not based on any cladistic argumentation).

Transferred to other genera:

Haploclastus himalayensis (Tikader, 1977) -- see Chilobrachys

In synonymy:

Haploclastus psychedelicus (Sanap & Mirza, 2014) = Haploclastus devamatha Prasanth & Sunil Jose, 2014 (Sankaran & Sebastian, 2018b: 82)

Haploclastus robustus (Pocock, 1899) = Haploclastus validus Pocock, 1899 (Siliwal & Raven, 2010: 72)

Haploclastus cervinus Simon, 1892 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002037

Haploclastus cervinus Simon, 1892a: 152 (Df) Original description

Haploclastus devamatha Prasanth & Sunil Jose, 2014 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046891

Haploclastus devamatha Prasanth & Sunil Jose, 2014: 495, f. 1, 2A-I, 3A-D, 4A-D (Df) Original description

Thrigmopoeus psychedelicus Sanap & Mirza, 2014: 481, f. 1, 2a-d, 3a-c, e, 4 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047086]

Haploclastus devamatha Sunil Jose, 2017b: 6, f. 1C, 4A (f)

Haploclastus devamatha Sankaran & Sebastian, 2018b: 82, f. 1A-B, 2A-B (f, S of Thrigmopoeus psychedelicus)

Haploclastus kayi Gravely, 1915 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002039

Haploclastus kayi Gravely, 1915: 278 (Df) Original description

Haploclastus kayi Sunil Jose, 2017b: 6, f. 1A-B, 2A-F, 3A-B, 4B, 5A-G (f)

Haploclastus nilgirinus Pocock, 1899 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002040

Haploclastus nilgirinus Pocock, 1899d: 747 (Df) Original description

Haploclastus satyanus (Barman, 1978) | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002042

Phlogiodes satyanus Barman, 1978a: 168, f. 1A-D (Df) Original description

Haploclastus tenebrosus Gravely, 1935 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002043

Haploclastus tenebrosus Gravely, 1935a: 79, f. 3a (Dm) Original description

Haploclastus tenebrosus Smith, 1986b: 109, f. 16h (m)

Haploclastus tenebrosus Smith, 1987d: 109, f. 16h (m)

Haploclastus tenebrosus Schmidt, 2003l: 255, f. 838 (m)

Haploclastus validus (Pocock, 1899) | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002044

Phlogiodes validus Pocock, 1899d: 748 (Dm) Original description

Phlogiodes robustus Pocock, 1899d: 748 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002041]

Phlogiodes robustus Pocock, 1900a: 180, f. 57 (f)

Haploclastus validus Siliwal & Raven, 2010: 72 (S of Haploclastus robustus)

Haploclastus validus Mirza, Sanap & Siliwal, 2011: 2110, image 1-4, f. 1-11 (mf)

Phlogiodes validus Mirza & Sanap, 2013: 18, f. 1a-d (f)