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. Guyruita Guadanucci, Lucas, Indicatti & Yamamoto, 2007 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03804

type Guyruita cerrado Guadanucci, Lucas, Indicatti & Yamamoto, 2007; gender feminine

Transferred to other genera:

Guyruita waikoshiemi (Bertani & Araújo, 2006) -- see Yanomamius

Guyruita atlantica Guadanucci, Lucas, Indicatti & Yamamoto, 2007 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041561

Guyruita atlantica Guadanucci et al., 2007: 993, f. 8-15 (Dmf) Original description

Guyruita atlantica Fukushima & Bertani, 2018: 396, f. 4, 10-12, 15-17, 28, 37 (mf)

Guyruita cerrado Guadanucci, Lucas, Indicatti & Yamamoto, 2007 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041560 TYPE SPECIES

Guyruita cerrado Guadanucci et al., 2007: 992, f. 1-7 (Dmf) Original description

Guyruita cerrado Fukushima & Bertani, 2018: 396, f. 5-6, 8, 13-14, 18-20, 29, 38 (mf)

Guyruita cerrado Guadanucci, 2020: 83, f. 3.1F-I, 3.5C (m)

Guyruita giupponii Fukushima & Bertani, 2018 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049908

Guyruita giupponii Fukushima & Bertani, 2018: 403, f. 3, 9, 30-34, 36 (Dm) Original description

Guyruita guadanuccii Sherwood & Gabriel, 2021 | | French Guiana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052871

Guyruita guadanuccii Sherwood & Gabriel, 2021a: 708, f. 1-3 (Df) Original description

Guyruita isae Fukushima & Bertani, 2018 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049907

Guyruita isae Fukushima & Bertani, 2018: 397, f. 1-2, 7, 21-27, 35 (Dmf) Original description

Guyruita metallophila Fonseca-Ferreira, Zampaulo & Guadanucci, 2017 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050160

Guyruita metallophila Fonseca-Ferreira, Zampaulo & Guadanucci, 2017: 182, f. 2-12, 39 (Dmf) Original description

Guyruita tepequem Santos, Almeida, de Morais & Bertani, 2025 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065515

Guyruita tepequem Santos et al., 2025c: 244, f. 1A-E, 2A-I (Dm) Original description