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. Phormictopus Pocock, 1901 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00265

Transferred to other genera:

Phormictopus intermedius (Ausserer, 1875) -- see Cyrtopholis

Phormictopus multicuspidatus Mello-Leitão, 1929 -- see Crypsidromus

Phormictopus pheopygus Mello-Leitão, 1923 -- see Acanthoscurria

In synonymy:

Phormictopus cancerides centumfocensis (Franganillo, 1926) = Phormictopus cautus Ausserer, 1875 (Rudloff, 2008a: 27)

Phormictopus cancerides tenuispinus Strand, 1906 = Phormictopus cancerides Latreille, 1806 (Rudloff, 2008a: 20)

Phormictopus dubius (Chamberlin, 1917) = Phormictopus cubensis Chamberlin, 1917 (Rudloff, 2008a: 30)

Phormictopus nesiotes Chamberlin, 1917 = Phormictopus cautus Ausserer, 1875 (Rudloff, 2008a: 27)

Phormictopus piephoi Schmidt, 2003 = Phormictopus cubensis Chamberlin, 1917 (Rudloff, 2008a: 30)

Nomina dubia:

Phormictopus brasiliensis Strand, 1907l: 58 (f, Brazil) -- Nentwig et al., 2020: 26

Phormictopus hirsutus Strand, 1907l: 60 (m, Venezuela) -- Rudloff, 2008a: 3

Phormictopus atrichomatus Schmidt, 1991 | | probably Hispaniola urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002310

Phormictopus atrichomatus Schmidt, 1991a: 7, f. 1 (Df) Original description

Phormictopus atrichomatus Schmidt, 1993d: 94, f. 274 (f)

Phormictopus atrichomatus Schmidt, 1997g: 18, f. 161 (f)

Phormictopus atrichomatus Schmidt, 2001a: 4, f. 3 (f)

Phormictopus atrichomatus Schmidt, 2003l: 183, f. 464; 256, f. 9 (f)

Phormictopus atrichomatus Peters, 2005b: 91, f. 290-293 (f)

Phormictopus atrichomatus Friebolin & Friebolin, 2006: 10, f. 1-3 (Dm)

Phormictopus atrichomatus Rudloff, 2008a: 8, f. 1-10 (mf)

Phormictopus auratus Ortiz & Bertani, 2005 | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039505

Phormictopus auratus Ortiz & Bertani, 2005: 30, f. 1-9 (Dmf) Original description

Phormictopus auratus Rudloff, 2008a: 13, f. 11-22 (mf)

Phormictopus auratus Sherwood et al., 2020: 466, f. 12-13 (m)

Phormictopus australis Mello-Leitão, 1941 | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002311

Phormictopus australis Mello-Leitão, 1941a: 116 (Dm) Original description

Phormictopus australis Rudloff, 2008a: 3 (incertae sedis, cf. Acanthoscurria = misplaced in this genus)

Phormictopus bistriatus Rudloff, 2008 | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041591

Phormictopus bistriatus Rudloff, 2008a: 16, f. 23-32 (Dmf) Original description

Phormictopus cancerides (Latreille, 1806) | | Caribbean to Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002313

Mygale cancerides Latreille, 1806: 83 (D) Original description

Mygale cancerides Hahn, 1820: 16, pl. 4 (Dm)

Mygale cancerides Hahn, 1833a: 77, f. 57 (m)

Mygale cancerides Walckenaer, 1837: 214 (Df)

Mygale erichsonii C. L. Koch, 1841a: vol. 9: 28, pl. 296, f. 709 (Dmf)

Mygale cancerides C. L. Koch, 1842: vol. 9: 63, pl. 309, f. 730 (f)

Eurypelma cancerides Ausserer, 1871a: 215

Eurypelma cancerides Ausserer, 1875: 197, pl. 7, f. 40 (m)

Phormictopus cancerides Pocock, 1901c: 545

Schizopelma erichsoni Banks, 1901d: 218

Phormictopus cancerides tenuispina Strand, 1906c: 17 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002315]

Phormictopus cancerides Petrunkevitch, 1929b: 46, f. 28-30 (m)

Phormictopus cancerides Bücherl, 1957: 398, f. 71-71a (m)

Phormictopus cancerides Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1979: 296, f. 8-14 (mf)

Phormictopus cancerides Schmidt, 1986: 55, f. 77-78 (m)

Phormictopus cancerides Smith, 1986b: 151, f. 29h (m)

Phormictopus cancerides Smith, 1987b: 8, f. 1-11 (m)

Phormictopus cancerides Smith, 1987d: 151, f. 29h (m)

Phormictopus cancerides Hancock & Hancock, 1989: 50, f. 45 (f)

Phormictopus cancerides Schmidt, 1991a: 10, f. 2 (f)

Phormictopus cancerides Smith, 1992c: 40, f. 1.1-11 (m)

Phormictopus cancerides Schmidt, 1993d: 94, f. 270-273 (mf)

Phormictopus cancerides Pérez-Miles et al., 1996: 54, f. 34 (f)

Phormictopus cancerides Schmidt, 1997g: 18, f. 157-160 (mf)

Phormictopus cancerides Schmidt, 1999f: 15, f. 30-32 (mf)

Phormictopus cancerides Peters, 2000b: 76, f. 212-213 (mf)

Phormictopus cancerides Bertani, 2001: 324, f. 35-37 (mf)

Phormictopus cancerides Schmidt, 2001a: 3, f. 2 (f)

Phormictopus cancerides Peters, 2003: 263, f. 1052, 1058-1064 (mf)

Phormictopus cancerides Schmidt, 2003l: 134, f. 178-180 (mf)

Phormictopus cancerides Rudloff, 2008a: 20, f. 33-42 (mf, S of Phormictopus cancerides tenuispinus)

Phormictopus cautus (Ausserer, 1875) | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002316

Lasiodora cauta Ausserer, 1875: 191 (Dm) Original description

Phormictopus cautus Pocock, 1901c: 545

Phormictopus nesiotes Chamberlin, 1917: 60, pl. 4, f. 8-9 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002321]

Eurypelma cancerides centumfocensis Franganillo, 1926a: 45 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002314]

Eurypelma canceroides centumfocensis Franganillo, 1936c: 41 (Dm)

Phormictopus cancerides centumfocensis Roewer, 1942a: 249

Phormictopus nesiotes Smith, 1986b: 152, f. 33h (m)

Phormictopus nesiotes Smith, 1987d: 152, f. 33h (m)

Phormictopus nesiotes Peters, 2003: 268, f. 1077-1078 (m)

Phormictopus nesiotes Peters, 2005b: 93, f. 298-301 (m)

Phormictopus cautus Rudloff, 2008a: 27, f. 55-64 (mf, S of Phormictopus cancerides centumfocensis and P. nesiotes)

Phormictopus nesiotes Ortiz, Francke & Bond, 2018: 63, f. 3A (m)

Phormictopus cautus Sherwood et al., 2020: 466, f. 14-17 (m)

Phormictopus cochleasvorax Rudloff, 2008 | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041592

Phormictopus cochleasvorax Rudloff, 2008a: 23, f. 43-54 (Dmf) Original description

Phormictopus cubensis Chamberlin, 1917 | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002317

Phormictopus cubensis Chamberlin, 1917: 59 (Df) Original description

Acanthoscurria dubia Chamberlin, 1917: 67 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002318]

Phormictopus dubius Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1964: 391, 393 (T from Acanthoscurria)

Phormictopus meloderma Piepho, 2001: 3, f. 1 (f, misidentified)

Phormictopus cubensis Bertani, 2001: 324, f. 34 (m)

Phormictopus meloderma Schmidt, 2001a: 4, f. 4 (f, misidentified)

Phormictopus meloderma Schmidt, 2002f: 3, f. 1-5 (mf, misidentified)

Phormictopus cubensis Peters, 2003: 267, f. 1073 (m)

Phormictopus piephoi Peters, 2003: 269, f. 1082-1083, 1083a (mf)

Phormictopus piephoi Schmidt, 2003h: 14, f. 1-5 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038351]

Phormictopus piephoi Schmidt, 2003l: 183, f. 466 (f)

Phormictopus piephoi Peters, 2005b: 94, f. 302-307 (mf)

Phormictopus cubensis Rudloff, 2008a: 30, f. 65-84 (mf, S of Phormictopus dubius and P. piephoi)

Phormictopus fritzschei Rudloff, 2008 | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041593

Phormictopus fritzschei Rudloff, 2008a: 35, f. 85-94 (Dmf) Original description

Phormictopus jonai Rudloff, 2008 | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041594

Phormictopus jonai Rudloff, 2008a: 38, f. 95-100 (Df) Original description

Phormictopus melodermus Chamberlin, 1917 | | Hispaniola urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002320

Phormictopus meloderma Chamberlin, 1917: 62 (Df) Original description

Phormictopus meloderma Rudloff, 2008a: 41, f. 101-106 (f)

Phormictopus platus Chamberlin, 1917 | j | USA or Hispaniola urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002322

Phormictopus platus Chamberlin, 1917: 63 (Df) Original description

Phormictopus platus Rudloff, 2008a: 41, f. 117-119 (holotype is juv. m)

Phormictopus ribeiroi Mello-Leitão, 1923 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002323

Phormictopus ribeiroi Mello-Leitão, 1923a: 275, f. 143, 176 (Df) Original description

Phormictopus ribeiroi Rudloff, 2008a: 3 (incertae sedis, cf. Acanthoscurria = misplaced in this genus)

Phormictopus schepanskii Rudloff, 2008 | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041595

Phormictopus schepanskii Rudloff, 2008a: 42, f. 107-116 (Dmf) Original description