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:

Citharischius Pocock, 1900 = Pelinobius Karsch, 1885 (Gallon, 2010a: 43)

Gen. Pelinobius Karsch, 1885 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04201

N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Phoneyusa Karsch, 1884, contra Raven, 1985a: 157, and considered a senior synonym of Citharischius Pocock, 1900 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00207] (type C. crawshayi Pocock, 1900 = Pelinobius muticus Karsch, 1885) by Gallon, 2010a: 43.

Transferred to other genera:

Pelinobius stridulantissimus (Strand, 1907) -- see Eumenophorus

In synonymy:

Pelinobius bettoni (Pocock, 1898, T from Phoneyusa) = Pelinobius muticus Karsch, 1885 (Gallon, 2010a: 44)

Pelinobius crawshayi (Pocock, 1900) = Pelinobius muticus Karsch, 1885 (Gallon, 2010a: 44)

Pelinobius gregori (Pocock, 1897, T from Phoneyusa) = Pelinobius muticus Karsch, 1885 (Gallon, 2010a: 44)

Pelinobius rufus (Berland, 1914, T from Phoneyusa) = Pelinobius muticus Karsch, 1885 (Gallon, 2010a: 44)

Pelinobius muticus Karsch, 1885 | | Kenya, Tanzania urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002304

Pelinobius muticus Karsch, 1885: 135, f. 5 (Dm) Original description

Phoneyusa gregorii Pocock, 1897b: 761, pl. 43, f. 6 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002300]

Phoneyusa bettoni Pocock, 1898g: 503 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002287]

Citharischius crawshayi Pocock, 1900f: 493, f. a (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001920]

Phoneyusa rufa Berland, 1914: 86, f. 7 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002307]

Phoneyusa rufa Berland, 1932b: 273, f. 405 (m)

Citharischius crawshagi Bonnet, 1956: 1096 (lapsus)

Phoneyusa gregorii Smith, 1986b: 39, f. 34h (m)

Phoneyusa gregorii Smith, 1987d: 39, pl. I.29, f. 34h (m)

Citharischius crawshayi Smith, 1990c: 24, f. 28-37 (f)

Phoneyusa bettoni Smith, 1990c: 47, f. 197-208 (m)

Phoneyusa gregori Smith, 1990c: 52, f. 245-254 (m)

Phoneyusa rufa Smith, 1990c: 54, f. 255a (m)

Citharischius crawshayi Schmidt, 1993d: 109, f. 335-336 (f)

Phoneyusa bettoni Schmidt, 1993d: 111, f. 348 (m)

Citharischius crawshayi Peters, 1998: 35, f. 79-80 (f)

Citharischius crawshayi Peters, 2000a: 103, f. 335 (f)

Citharischius crawshayi Schmidt, 2003l: 210, f. 621; 256, f. 16 (f)

Phoneyusa bettoni Schmidt, 2003l: 216, f. 652 (m)

Phoneyusa gregori Schmidt, 2003l: 216, f. 657 (m)

Phoneyusa rufa Schmidt, 2003l: 216, f. 660 (m)

Pelinobius muticus Gallon, 2010a: 44, pl. 23-33, f. 44-49 (mf, T from Phoneyusa, S of Citharischius crawshayi, Phoneyusa bettoni, P. gregori and P. rufa)