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. Megaphobema Pocock, 1901 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00248

Transferred to other genera:

Megaphobema mesomelas (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892) -- see Abdomegaphobema

Megaphobema peterklaasi Schmidt, 1994 -- see Abdomegaphobema

In synonymy:

Megaphobema petersi (Schmidt, 2002, T from Pamphobeteus) = Megaphobema velvetosoma Schmidt, 1995 (Sherwood et al., 2023f: 921)

Megaphobema lakoi (Mello-Leitão, 1943) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002199

Lasiodora lakoi Mello-Leitão, 1943b: 257 (Dm) Original description

Megaphobema lakoi Bertani, 2023b: 108, f. 291-296 (m, T from Lasiodora)

Megaphobema robustum (Ausserer, 1875) | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002230

Lasiodora robusta Ausserer, 1875: 190, pl. 7, f. 42 (Dmf) Original description

Megaphobema robustum Pocock, 1901c: 546

Megaphobema robusta Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1979: 295, f. 41-45 (m)

Megaphobema robusta Smith, 1986b: 158, f. 61h (m)

Megaphobema robusta Smith, 1987d: 158, f. 61h (m)

Megaphobema robusta Smith, 1991a: 15, f. 1-8 (m)

Megaphobema robusta Schmidt, 1991b: 11, f. 1 (Df; f of Ausserer is a juvenile m)

Megaphobema robusta Schmidt, 1993d: 91, f. 244, 247-248 (mf)

Megaphobema robustum Pérez-Miles et al., 1996: 53, f. 28 (m)

Megaphobema robustum Schmidt, 1997g: 19, f. 203, 207-208 (mf)

Megaphobema robustum Peters, 2000b: 52, f. 136-138 (mf)

Megaphobema robustum Peters, 2003: 232, f. 937-938, 941 (mf)

Megaphobema robustum Schmidt, 2003l: 138, f. 209-211 (mf)

Megaphobema robustum Gabriel & Longhorn, 2015: 103, f. 15 (f)

Megaphobema robustum Sherwood et al., 2023f: 920, f. 143-154 (mf)

Megaphobema robustum Gabriel, 2024: 11, f. 8-10, 16-17 (m)

Megaphobema teceae Pérez-Miles, Miglio & Bonaldo, 2006 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039504

Megaphobema teceae Pérez-Miles, Miglio & Bonaldo, 2006: 63, f. 1-8 (Dmf) Original description

Megaphobema teceae Gabriel, 2024: 11, f. 6 (mf)

Megaphobema velvetosoma Schmidt, 1995 | | Ecuador, Peru, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002231

Megaphobema velvetosoma Schmidt, 1995d: 86, f. 1-4 (Dmf) Original description

Megaphobema velvetosoma Schmidt, 1997g: 19, f. 205 (f)

Megaphobema velvetosoma Peters, 2000b: 53, f. 141-143 (mf)

Pamphobeteus petersi Schmidt, 2002e: 3, f. 1-6 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037515]

Megaphobema velvetosoma Peters, 2003: 133, f. 946-950 (mf)

Pamphobeteus petersi Peters, 2003: 253, f. 1015, 1017-1019 (mf)

Megaphobema velvetosoma Schmidt, 2003l: 175, f. 426-428 (mf)

Pamphobeteus petersi Peters, 2005b: 89, f. 284-289 (mf)

Megaphobema velvetosoma Sherwood et al., 2023f: 921, f. 155-170 (mf, S of Pamphobeteus petersi)

Megaphobema velvetosoma Gabriel, 2024: 11, f. 4-5, 11, 18-21 (f)