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:

Ischnocolella Strand, 1907 = Plesiophrictus Pocock, 1899 (Raven, 1985a: 155)

Gen. Plesiophrictus Pocock, 1899 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00268

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Ischnocolella Strand, 1907l: 13 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05114] (type I. senffti Strand, 1907) by Raven, 1985a: 154 (for a dissenting view, see Huber, 2010); not a senior synonym of Heterophrictus Pocock, 1900 (Guadanucci, 2011b: 524, contra Raven, 1985a: 154).

Transferred to other genera:

Plesiophrictus bhori Gravely, 1915 -- see Heterophrictus

Plesiophrictus blatteri Gravely, 1935 -- see Heterophrictus

Plesiophrictus collinus Pocock, 1899 -- see Sahydroaraneus

Plesiophrictus guangxiensis Yin & Tan, 2000 -- see Chilobrachys

Plesiophrictus madraspatanus Gravely, 1935 -- see Neoheterophrictus

Plesiophrictus mahabaleshwari Tikader, 1977 -- see Heterophrictus

Plesiophrictus milleti (Pocock, 1900) -- see Heterophrictus

Plesiophrictus raja Gravely, 1915 -- see Sahydroaraneus

In synonymy:

Plesiophrictus satarensis Gravely, 1915 = Plesiophrictus millardi Pocock, 1899 (Guadanucci, 2011b: 523, but see also Sanap & Mirza, 2013: 10)

Plesiophrictus fabrei (Simon, 1892) | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002338

Stichoplastus fabrei Simon, 1892d: 278 (Df) Original description

Plesiophrictus fabrei Simon, 1903a: 928

Plesiophrictus linteatus (Simon, 1891) | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002339

Ischnocolus linteatus Simon, 1891e: 308 (Df) Original description

Plesiophrictus linteatus Pocock, 1900a: 183

Plesiophrictus meghalayaensis Tikader, 1977 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002342

Plesiophrictus meghalayaensis Tikader, 1977e: 314, f. 26-30 (Dmf) Original description

Plesiophrictus millardi Pocock, 1899 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002343

Plesiophrictus millardi Pocock, 1899d: 749 (Dm) Original description

Plesiophrictus satarensis Gravely, 1915: 274, pl. 15, f. 3 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002346]

Plesiophrictus satarensis Siliwal, Molur & Raven, 2007: 2859, image 29 (f)

Plesiophrictus millardi Guadanucci, 2011b: 523, f. 3-7 (m, Sf)

Plesiophrictus millardi Sanap & Mirza, 2013: 7, f. 1A-B, 2A-G, 3A-D, 4A-D, 5 (mf; N.B.: female of P. satarensis Gravely, 1915 may be misidentified)

Plesiophrictus millardi Bharat et al., 2014: 6, f. 2.1-6 (m)

Plesiophrictus nilagiriensis Siliwal, Molur & Raven, 2007 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041565

Plesiophrictus nilagiriensis Siliwal, Molur & Raven, 2007: 2853, f. 1-6, images 1-22 (Df) Original description

Plesiophrictus senffti (Strand, 1907) | | Micronesia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002347

Ischnocolella senffti Strand, 1907l: 14 (Df) Original description

Ischnocolella senffti Roewer, 1963a: 111, f. 3a-c

Ischnocolella senffti West, Nunn & Hogg, 2012: 24 (types lost, nomen dubium; but specimens were studied by Raven, 1985a: 155)

Plesiophrictus sericeus Pocock, 1900 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002348

Plesiophrictus sericeus Pocock, 1900a: 182 (Df) Original description

Plesiophrictus tenuipes Pocock, 1899 | | Sri Lanka urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002349

Plesiophrictus tenuipes Pocock, 1899d: 749 (Df) Original description