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

type Haploclastus cervinus Simon, 1892; gender masculine

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Phlogiodes Pocock, 1899 by Raven, 1985a: 157; Phlogiodes is revalidated by Mirza & Sanap, 2013: 20.

Transferred to other genera:

Haploclastus devamatha Prasanth & Sunil Jose, 2014 -- see Cilantica

Haploclastus himalayensis (Tikader, 1977) -- see Chilobrachys

Haploclastus kayi Gravely, 1915 -- see Cilantica

Haploclastus psychedelicus (Sanap & Mirza, 2014) -- see Cilantica

Haploclastus robustus (Pocock, 1899) -- see Phlogiodes

Haploclastus validus (Pocock, 1899) -- see Phlogiodes

Haploclastus ajithii Mirza, 2024 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063468

Haploclastus ajithii Mirza, 2024: 218, f. 27, 28A-B, 29A-D, 30A-C (Df) Original description

Haploclastus bratocolonus Mirza, 2024 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063466

Haploclastus bratocolonus Mirza, 2024: 203, f. 12, 13A-B, 14A-D, 15A-C (Df) Original description

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

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

Haploclastus cervinus Mirza, 2024: 186 (type is not adult)

Haploclastus montanus Mirza, 2024 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063467

Haploclastus montanus Mirza, 2024: 208, f. 17A-B, 18A-B, 19A-D, 20A-C, 21A-C, 22A-B, 23A-D (Dmf) Original description

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

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

Haploclastus nilgirinus Mirza, 2024: 216, f. 24, 25A-C (f)

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

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

Haploclastus satyanus Mirza & Sanap, 2013: 17 (incertae sedis)

Haploclastus satyanus Mirza, 2024: 202 (belongs to Selenocosmiinae, probaly to Chilobrachys)

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 tenebrosus Mirza, 2024: 218, f. 26A-C (m)