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:

Planadecta Simon, 1892 = Harpactira Ausserer, 1871 (Simon, 1903a: 948)

Gen. Harpactira Ausserer, 1871 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00230

type Mygale atra Latreille, 1832; gender feminine

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Planadecta Simon, 1892a: 168 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06382] (type P. lyrata Simon, 1892) by Simon, 1903a: 948.

Transferred to other genera:

Harpactira elevata Karsch, 1878 -- see Pterinochilus

Nomen dubium:

Harpactira guttata Strand, 1907a: 553 (f, South Africa) -- Nentwig et al., 2020: 26

Harpactira atra (Latreille, 1832) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002054 TYPE SPECIES

Mygale atra Latreille, 1832: 70 (D) Original description

Mygale funebra Walckenaer, 1837: 226 (Dmf)

Mygale coracina C. L. Koch, 1841b: 37, pl. 299, f. 714 (Dm)

Mygale funebris C. L. Koch, 1842: vol. 9: 81, pl. 317, f. 742-743 (f, j)

Harpactira atra Ausserer, 1871a: 204

Harpactira atra Simon, 1903a: 948, f. 1094-1097 (m)

Harpactira atra Smith, 1990c: 80, f. 396-407 (mf)

Harpactira atra Schmidt, 1993d: 118, f. 372-373 (mf)

Harpactira atra Peters, 1998: 48, f. 102-103 (mf)

Harpactira atra Schmidt, 2003l: 226, f. 706-707 (mf)

Harpactira atra Schmidt & Matthes, 2010: 15, f. 2.1-5 (f)

Harpactira baviana Purcell, 1903 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002055

Harpactira baviana Purcell, 1903a: 30, pl. 1, f. 9 (Dmf) Original description

Harpactira baviana Smith, 1990c: 81, f. 407a (m)

Harpactira cafreriana (Walckenaer, 1837) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002056

Mygale cafreriana Walckenaer, 1837: 225, pl. 5, f. 1D-E (Dmf) Original description

Mygale villosa Walckenaer, 1837: 225 (D)

Mygale cafreriana C. L. Koch, 1842: vol. 9: 80, pl. 316, f. 741 (m)

Harpactira cafreriana Purcell, 1902a: 325

Harpactira chrysogaster Pocock, 1897 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002057

Harpactira chrysogaster Pocock, 1897b: 750 (Dm) Original description

Harpactira chrysogaster Smith, 1990c: 81, f. 408-420 (m)

Harpactira chrysogaster Schmidt, 2003l: 226, f. 708 (m)

Harpactira curator Pocock, 1898 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002058

Harpactira curator Pocock, 1898c: 199, pl. 8, f. 1 (Dmf) Original description

Harpactira curator Smith, 1990c: 83, f. 421-430 (f)

Harpactira curator Peters, 1998: 49, f. 112 (f)

Harpactira curator Schmidt, 2003l: 226, f. 709 (f)

Harpactira curvipes Pocock, 1897 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002059

Harpactira curvipes Pocock, 1897b: 750 (Df) Original description

Harpactira dictator Purcell, 1902 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002060

Harpactira dictator Purcell, 1902a: 331 (Dmf) Original description

Harpactira gigas Pocock, 1898 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002061

Harpactira gigas Pocock, 1898a: 316 (Df) Original description

Harpactira hamiltoni Pocock, 1902 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002063

Harpactira hamiltoni Pocock, 1902b: 316 (Dmf) Original description

Harpactira hamiltoni Smith, 1990c: 85, f. 446-455 (m)

Harpactira hamiltoni Schmidt, 2003l: 226, f. 710 (m)

Harpactira lineata Pocock, 1897 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002064

Harpactira lineata Pocock, 1897b: 749 (Df) Original description

Harpactira lyrata (Simon, 1892) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002065

Planadecta lyrata Simon, 1892a: 169 (Df) Original description

Harpactira lyrata Simon, 1903a: 948

Harpactira marksi Purcell, 1902 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002066

Harpactira marksi Purcell, 1902a: 322 (Dmf) Original description

Harpactira namaquensis Purcell, 1902 | | Namibia, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002067

Harpactira namaquensis Purcell, 1902a: 324 (Dmf) Original description

Harpactira pulchripes Pocock, 1901 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002068

Harpactira pulchripes Pocock, 1901a: 287 (Df) Original description

Harpactira tigrina Ausserer, 1875 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002069

Harpactira tigrina Ausserer, 1875: 185 (Df) Original description

Harpactira tigrina Pocock, 1897b: 748, pl. 43, f. 5

Harpactira tigrina Purcell, 1902a: 328 (Dm)

Harpactira tigrina Smith, 1990c: 88, f. 472-483 (mf)

Harpactira tigrina Peters, 1998: 57, f. 146-147 (mf)

Harpactira tigrina Peters, 2000b: 22, f. 42-43 (mf)

Harpactira tigrina Schmidt, 2003l: 226, f. 711-712 (mf)