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. Monocentropus Pocock, 1897 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00251

type Monocentropus balfouri Pocock, 1897; gender masculine

Transferred to other genera:

Monocentropus longimanus Pocock, 1903 -- see Satyrex

Monocentropus balfouri Pocock, 1897 | | Yemen (Socotra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002241 TYPE SPECIES

Monocentropus balfouri Pocock, 1897b: 759, pl. 41, f. 1 (Dm) Original description

Monocentropus balfouri Smith, 1986b: 36, f. 23 (m)

Monocentropus balfouri Smith, 1987d: 36, f. 23 (m)

Monocentropus balfouri Smith, 1990c: 42, f. 167-179a (m)

Monocentropus balfouri Schmidt, 1993d: 111, f. 346 (m)

Monocentropus balfouri Schmidt, 2001c: 13, f. 1 (f)

Monocentropus balfouri Schmidt, 2003l: 214, f. 644-645 (m)

Monocentropus balfouri Zamani et al., 2025d: 94, f. 2A-B, 3A-B, 8A, 9A, 10A, 11A, 12A, 13A, 14A, 15A, 16A, 17A, 18A, 19A, 20A-B, 21A, 22A, 23A (mf)

Monocentropus lambertoni Fage, 1922 | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002242

Monocentropus lambertoni Fage, 1922a: 365, f. 1-4 (Dmf) Original description

Monocentropus lambertoni Smith, 1990c: 43, f. 179b-e (m)

Monocentropus lambertoni Schmidt, 2003l: 214, f. 646-647 (m)

"Monocentropus" lambertoni Zamani et al., 2025d: 96, f. 2C-D, 3C-D, 8B, 9B, E, 10B, 11B, 12B, 13B, 14B, 15B, 16B, 17B, 18B, 19B, 20C-D, 21B, 22B, 23B (mf, incertae sedis)