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. Pachistopelma Pocock, 1901 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00260

Transferred to other genera:

Pachistopelma concolor Caporiacco, 1947 -- see Tapinauchenius

In synonymy:

Pachistopelma pulchrum (Mello-Leitão, 1933, T from Avicularia) = Pachistopelma rufonigrum Pocock, 1901 (Bertani, 2012: 29)

Pachistopelma recifiensis (Struchen & Brändle, 1996, T from Avicularia) = Pachistopelma rufonigrum Pocock, 1901 (Bertani, 2012: 29)

Pachistopelma scintillans (Mello-Leitão, 1929, T from Hapalotremus) = Pachistopelma rufonigrum Pocock, 1901 (Cavallo & Ferretti, 2015: 882)

Pachistopelma bromelicola Bertani, 2012 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045510

Pachistopelma bromelicola Bertani, 2012: 36, f. 46-57, 61-66, 75, 79-80 (Dmf) Original description

Pachistopelma bromelicola Fukushima & Bertani, 2017: 16, f. 321 (m)

Pachistopelma rufonigrum Pocock, 1901 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002257

Pachistopelma rufonigrum Pocock, 1901c: 548 (Dmf) Original description

Dolichothele scintillans Mello-Leitão, 1929c: 92 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002036]

Avicularia pulchra Mello-Leitão, 1933c: 171, f. 33 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001825]

Avicularia recifiensis Struchen & Brändle, 1996: 2, f. 1-4 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001828]

Pachistopelma rufonigrum Peters, 2003: 244, f. 982 (f)

Avicularia recifiensis Schmidt, 2003l: 202, f. 581-582 (mf)

Pachistopelma rufonigrum Peters, 2005a: 8, f. 3 (f)

Pachistopelma rufonigrum Bertani, 2012: 29, f. 29-45, 58-60, 67, 76-78 (mf, S of Avicularia pulchra and A. recifiensis)

Pachistopelma rufonigrum Cavallo & Ferretti, 2015: 882 (S of Dolichothele scintillans)