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:

Santaremia F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 = Ephebopus Simon, 1892 (Mello-Leitão, 1923a: 315)

Gen. Ephebopus Simon, 1892 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00218

type Mygale murina Walckenaer, 1837; gender masculine

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Santaremia F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896: 746 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06398] (type S. pococki F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 = Ephebopus murinus (Walckenaer, 1837)) by Mello-Leitão, 1923a: 315.

Transferred to other genera:

Ephebopus violaceus Mello-Leitão, 1930 -- see Tapinauchenius

In synonymy:

Ephebopus bistriatus (C. L. Koch, 1838, T from Aphonopelma) = Ephebopus murinus (Walckenaer, 1837) (Gabriel, 2013: 34)

Ephebopus pococki (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896, T from Santaremia) = Ephebopus murinus (Walckenaer, 1837) (Mello-Leitão, 1923a: 316)

Nomen dubium:

Ephebopus fossor Pocock, 1903b: 85 (f, Ecuador) -- West et al., 2008: 39

Ephebopus cyanognathus West & Marshall, 2000 | | French Guiana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036947

Ephebopus cyanognathus West & Marshall, 2000: 6, f. 1-2 (Dmf) Original description

Ephebopus cyanognathus Peters, 2003: 168, f. 664, 667 (mf)

Ephebopus cyanognathus Schmidt, 2003l: 203, f. 589-590 (mf)

Ephebopus cyanognathus Peters, 2005b: 58, f. 181-186 (mf)

Ephebopus cyanognathus West et al., 2008: 44, f. 5-6, 16 (mf)

Ephebopus foliatus West, Marshall, Fukushima & Bertani, 2008 | | Guyana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041851

Ephebopus foliatus West et al., 2008: 46, f. 9-10, 14 (Dmf) Original description

Ephebopus murinus (Walckenaer, 1837) | | French Guiana, Suriname, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001994 TYPE SPECIES

Mygale murina Walckenaer, 1837: 220 (Df) Original description

Mygale bistriata C. L. Koch, 1838b: 16, pl. 148, f. 347 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001704]

Ephebopus murinus Simon, 1892a: 155

Santaremia pococki F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896: 746, pl. 33, f. 8-9, 13, pl. 34, f. 20, pl. 35, f. 12 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066067]

Ephebopus murinus Mello-Leitão, 1923a: 316 (S of Santaremia pococki)

Eurypelma bistriatum Bonnet, 1956: 1831

Ephebopus murinus Lucas, Silva & Bertani, 1991: 246, f. 1-4 (Dm)

Aphonopelma bistriatum Schmidt, 1993d: 78 (T from Avicularia)

Ephebopus murinus Schmidt, 1993d: 104, f. 322-325 (mf)

Ephebopus murinus Peters, 2003: 169, f. 672 (f)

Ephebopus murinus Schmidt, 2003l: 198, 203, f. 561, 591-592; 256, f. 14 (mf)

Ephebopus murinus West et al., 2008: 39, f. 1-2, 11-12, 19-20 (mf)

Ephebopus murinus Gabriel, 2013: 34 (S of Aphonopelma bistriatum)

Ephebopus rufescens West & Marshall, 2000 | | French Guiana, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036948

Ephebopus rufescens West & Marshall, 2000: 8, f. 3-4 (Dmf) Original description

Ephebopus rufescens Peters, 2003: 170, f. 675, 678-679 (mf)

Ephebopus rufescens Schmidt, 2003l: 203, f. 593-594 (mf)

Ephebopus rufescens West et al., 2008: 45, f. 7-8, 17-18 (mf)

Ephebopus rufescens Kaderka et al., 2019: 34, f. 16 (m)

Ephebopus rufescens Cifuentes & Perafán, 2020: 109, f. 4.8B (f)

Ephebopus uatuman Lucas, Silva & Bertani, 1992 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001995

Ephebopus uatuman Lucas, Silva & Bertani, 1992: 162, f. 1-7 (Dmf) Original description

Ephebopus uatuman Peters, 2003: 171, f. 680 (f)

Ephebopus uatuman Schmidt, 2003l: 203, f. 595-598 (mf)

Ephebopus uatuman Peters, 2005a: 14, f. 11 (f)

Ephebopus uatuman West et al., 2008: 41, f. 3-4, 13 (mf)