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. Idiothele Hewitt, 1919 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03470

type Pterinochilus nigrofulvus Pocock, 1898; gender feminine

N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Pterinochilus Pocock, 1897 by Gallon, 2002: 223, contra Raven, 1985a: 154.

In synonymy:

Idiothele crassispina (Purcell, 1902, T from Pterinochilus) = Idiothele nigrofulva (Pocock, 1898) (Gallon, 2002: 223)

Idiothele leleupi (Benoit, 1965, T from Harpactirella) = Idiothele nigrofulva (Pocock, 1898) (Gallon, 2004b: 96)

Idiothele mira Gallon, 2010 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043398

Idiothele mira Gallon, 2010a: 37, pl. 17-18, 19B, 20, f. 23-33 (Dmf) Original description

Idiothele nigrofulva (Pocock, 1898) | | Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002391 TYPE SPECIES

Pterinochilus nigrofulvus Pocock, 1898a: 317 (Dmf) Original description

Pterinochilus crassispina Purcell, 1902a: 335 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002383]

Idiothele nigrofulvus Hewitt, 1919b: 98, f. 11, 12a, pl. 2, f. 6 (mf)

Harpactirella leleupi Benoit, 1965c: 298, f. 1 (Df; j per Gallon, 2004b: 95) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002077]

Pterinochilus crassispana Smith, 1989a: 13, unnumbered f. (f)

Pterinochilus crassispina Smith, 1990c: 94, f. 491-503 (mf)

Pterinochilus nigrofulvus Smith, 1990c: 100, f. 554-566 (m)

Pterinochilus crassispina Peters, 1998: 90, f. 234-236 (mf)

Pterinochilus nigrofulvus Peters, 1998: 98, f. 267 (m)

Idiothele nigrofulva Gallon, 2002: 223, f. 75-88 (mf, T from Pterinochilus, S of Pterinochilus crassispina)

Idiothele nigrofulva Schmidt, 2003l: 227, f. 713-715 (mf)

Idiothele nigrofulva Gallon, 2004b: 95, f. 1-3 (S of Harpactirella leleupi)

Idiothele nigrofulva Gallon, 2010a: 41, pl. 19A, 21-22, f. 34-43 (mf)

Idiothele nigrofulva Sherwood, Logunov & Gabriel, 2022: 213, f. 8-12 (m)

Idiothele nigrofulva Bariev & Sherwood, 2025a: 59, f. 2 (f)