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:

Scurria C. L. Koch, 1850 = Poecilotheria Simon, 1885 (Simon, 1885h, preoccupied, replacement name)

Homonym replaced:

Scurria C. L. Koch, 1850 -- see Poecilotheria Simon, 1885 - in Simon, 1885h

Gen. Poecilotheria Simon, 1885 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00269

N.B.: replacement name for Scurria C. L. Koch, 1850: 74 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05191], preoccupied in Mollusca (Gastropoda) by Gray, 1847.

In synonymy:

Poecilotheria bara Chamberlin, 1917 = Poecilotheria subfusca Pocock, 1895 (Kirk, 1996: 21)

Poecilotheria chaojii Mirza, Sanap & Bhosale, 2014 = Poecilotheria tigrinawesseli Smith, 2006 (Sherwood, 2019a: 19)

Poecilotheria gadgili (Tikader, 1977, T from Ornithoctonus) = Poecilotheria regalis Pocock, 1899 (von Wirth, 1991a: 5)

Poecilotheria nallamalaiensis Rao, Bastawade, Javed & Krishna, 2006 = Poecilotheria formosa Pocock, 1899 (Gabriel, 2010a: 13)

Poecilotheria pederseni Kirk, 2001 = Poecilotheria vittata Pocock, 1895 (Gabriel, Gallon & Smith, 2013: 104)

Poecilotheria pococki Charpentier, 1996 = Poecilotheria smithi Kirk, 1996 (Gabriel, Gallon & Smith, 2013: 109, after Nanayakkara et al., 2012: 6)

Poecilotheria uniformis Strand, 1913 = Poecilotheria subfusca Pocock, 1895 (Gabriel, Gallon & Smith, 2013: 106)

Poecilotheria fasciata (Latreille, 1804) | | Sri Lanka urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002350

Mygale fasciata Latreille, 1804a: 160 (D) Original description

Mygale fasciata Latreille, 1806: 83 (D)

Mygale fasciata Hahn, 1835: 65, f. 157 (Df)

Mygale fasciata C. L. Koch, 1841a: vol. 9: 41, pl. 301, f. 717 (f)

Scurria fasciata C. L. Koch, 1850: 74

Poecilotheria fasciata Simon, 1885h: 38

Poecilotheria fasciata Karsch, 1892: 274 (Dm)

Poecilotheria fasciata Pocock, 1899a: 87, pl. 7, f. 2 (f)

Poecilotheria fasciata Pocock, 1900a: 192

Poecilotheria fasciata Schmidt, 2003l: 245, f. 795 (f)

Poecilotheria formosa Pocock, 1899 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002351

Poecilotheria formosa Pocock, 1899a: 91 (Df) Original description

Poecilotheria formosa Schmidt, 1995j: 5, unnumbered f. (f)

Poecilotheria formosa Schmidt, 2003l: 245, f. 796 (f)

Poecilotheria nallamalaiensis Rao et al., 2006a: 49, pl. I, f. 1-8 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039506]

Poecilotheria formosa Gabriel, 2010b: 12, f. 1-13 (S of Poecilotheria nallamalaiensis)

Poecilotheria nallamalaiensis Sherwood & Caleb, 2024: 114 (no type repository, nomen nudum, unavailable name)

Poecilotheria hanumavilasumica Smith, 2004 | | India, Sri Lanka urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038383

Poecilotheria hanumavilasumica Smith, 2004: 52, f. 1-17 (Dmf) Original description

Poecilotheria hanumavilasumica Nanayakkara et al., 2015: 3, f. 3-4, 5A-C (f)

Poecilotheria hanumavilasumica Sunil Jose, 2017a: 58, f. 1, 2A-C (f, no genitals)

Poecilotheria metallica Pocock, 1899 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002352

Poecilotheria metallica Pocock, 1899a: 93, pl. 7, f. 3 (Df) Original description

Poecilotheria metallica Pocock, 1900c: 129, pl. 12, f. 3 (f)

Poecilotheria miranda Pocock, 1900 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002353

Poecilotheria miranda Pocock, 1900a: 190 (Df) Original description

Poecilotheria ornata Pocock, 1899 | | Sri Lanka urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002354

Poecilotheria ornata Pocock, 1899a: 93 (Df) Original description

Poecilotheria ornata Peters, 2000b: 83, f. 234 (f)

Poecilotheria ornata Schmidt, 2003l: 245, f. 797 (f)

Poecilotheria rajaei Nanayakkara, Kirk, Dayananda, Ganehiarachchi, Vishvanath & Kusuminda, 2012 | | Sri Lanka urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045695

Poecilotheria rajaei Nanayakkara et al., 2012: 7, f. 1-25 (Dmf) Original description

Poecilotheria regalis Pocock, 1899 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002356

Poecilotheria regalis Pocock, 1899a: 89, pl. 7, f. 1 (Dmf) Original description

Poecilotheria regalis Pocock, 1900c: 127, pl. 12, f. 1 (mf)

Ornithoctonus gadgili Tikader, 1977e: 308, f. 11-15 (Df)

Poecilotheria regalis von Wirth, 1991a: 5, f. 1-2 (f, S)

Poecilotheria regalis Schmidt, 1993d: 130, f. 412-413 (f)

Poecilotheria regalis Peters, 2000b: 84, f. 238 (f)

Poecilotheria regalis Schmidt, 2003l: 245, f. 798; 257, f. 20 (f)

Poecilotheria rufilata Pocock, 1899 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002357

Poecilotheria rufilata Pocock, 1899d: 746 (Dm) Original description

Poecilotheria rufilata Pocock, 1900a: 189 (Df)

Poecilotheria rufilata Charpentier, 1996a: 16, f. 1a-g, 2a-k (mf)

Poecilotheria rufilata Schmidt, 2003l: 245, f. 799 (f)

Poecilotheria rufilata Sunil Jose, 2021b: 123, f. 2A-D (f)

Poecilotheria smithi Kirk, 1996 | | Sri Lanka urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002358

Poecilotheria smithi Kirk, 1996: 24, f. 1-14 (Dmf) Original description

Poecilotheria pococki Charpentier, 1996c: 23, f. 1-19 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002355]

Poecilotheria smithi Peters, 2000b: 86, f. 245-246 (mf)

Poecilotheria smithi Schmidt, 2003l: 245, f. 800-801 (mf)

Poecilotheria smithi Gabriel, Gallon & Smith, 2013: 109, f. 11-12 (S)

Poecilotheria srilankensis Nanayakkara, Ganehiarachi, Kusuminda, Vishvanath, Karunaratne & Kirk, 2020 | | Sri Lanka urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051598

Poecilotheria srilankensis Nanayakkara et al., 2020: 4, f. 1, 2a-c, 3a-b, 4-11, 12a-b, 13 (Dmf) Original description

Poecilotheria striata Pocock, 1895 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002359

Poecilotheria striata Pocock, 1895a: 172 (Df) Original description

Poecilotheria striata Kirk, 1996: 22 (Sm)

Poecilotheria striata Siliwal, Gupta & Molur, 2013: 4631, f. 1-21, images 1-5 (mf)

Poecilotheria subfusca Pocock, 1895 | | Sri Lanka urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002360

Scurria fasciata Ausserer, 1871a: 199, pl. 1, f. 8 (m, misidentified)

Poecilotheria subfusca Pocock, 1895a: 171 (Dmf) Original description

Poecilotheria uniformis Strand, 1913d: 115 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002361]

Poecilotheria bara Chamberlin, 1917: 71 (Df)

Poecilotheria subfusca Kirk, 1996: 21 (S)

Poecilotheria subfusca Schmidt, 2003l: 245, f.; 802 (f)

Poecilotheria subfusca Gabriel, Gallon & Smith, 2013: 106, f. 8-10 (S)

Poecilotheria tigrinawesseli Smith, 2006 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039507

Poecilotheria tigrinawesseli Smith, 2006a: 86, f. 1-20 (Dmf) Original description

Poecilotheria tigrinawesseli West, Nunn & Hogg, 2012: 25, f. 28a-b (mf)

Poecilotheria chaojii Mirza, Sanap & Bhosale, 2014b: 61, f. 1, 2a-b, 3a-c, 4a-c, 5a,c-d (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050522]

Poecilotheria tigrinawesseli Sherwood, 2019a: 19, f. 1-17 (mf, S of Poecilotheria chaojii)

Poecilotheria tigrinawesseli Sherwood & Tripathi, 2024: 13, f. 1A-H (m)

Poecilotheria vittata Pocock, 1895 | | India, Sri Lanka urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046438

Poecilotheria vittata Pocock, 1895a: 172 (Dm) Original description

Poecilotheria pederseni Kirk, 2001: 77, f. 1-4, 9-22 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039248]

Poecilotheria pederseni Peters, 2005b: 96, f. 308-312 (mf)

Poecilotheria vittata Gabriel, Gallon & Smith, 2013: 104, f. 1-7 (removed m from S of P. striata, contra Kirk, 1996: 22, Sf)