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:

Pterinochilides Strand, 1920 = Pterinochilus Pocock, 1897 (Laurent, 1946: 323)

Gen. Pterinochilus Pocock, 1897 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00273

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Pterinochilides Strand, 1920: 99 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05131] (type P. obenbergeri Strand, 1920 = Pterinochilus simoni Berland, 1917) by Laurent, 1946: 323; not a senior synonym of Idiothele Hewitt, 1919 (transferred from the Barychelidae by Benoit, 1964d: 412), per Gallon, 2002: 223, contra Raven, 1985a: 154.

Transferred to other genera:

Pterinochilus breyeri Hewitt, 1919 -- see Augacephalus

Pterinochilus constrictus (Gerstäcker, 1873) -- see Eucratoscelus

Pterinochilus crassispinus Purcell, 1902 -- see Idiothele

Pterinochilus junodi Simon, 1904 -- see Augacephalus

Pterinochilus meridionalis Hirst, 1907 -- see Ceratogyrus

Pterinochilus nigrifemur (Schmidt, 1995) -- see Augacephalus

Pterinochilus nigrofulvus Pocock, 1898 -- see Idiothele

Pterinochilus schoenlandi Pocock, 1900 -- see Trichognathella

Pterinochilus spinifer Pocock, 1898 -- see Eucratoscelus

In synonymy:

Pterinochilus affinis Tullgren, 1910 = Pterinochilus chordatus Gerstaecker, 1873 (Gallon, 2002: 206)

Pterinochilus brunellii Caporiacco, 1940 = Pterinochilus chordatus Gerstaecker, 1873 (Gallon, 2002: 206)

Pterinochilus carnivorus Strand, 1917 = Pterinochilus chordatus Gerstaecker, 1873 (Gallon, 2002: 206)

Pterinochilus flavipilosus (Lawrence, 1936, T from Harpactirella) = Pterinochilus lugardi Pocock, 1900 (Gallon, 2008: 234)

Pterinochilus hindei Hirst, 1907 = Pterinochilus murinus Pocock, 1897 (Gallon, 2002: 211)

Pterinochilus leetzi Schmidt, 2002 = Pterinochilus murinus Pocock, 1897 (Gallon, 2008: 236)

Pterinochilus mamillatus Strand, 1906 = Pterinochilus murinus Pocock, 1897 (Gallon, 2002: 211)

Pterinochilus mutus Strand, 1920 = Pterinochilus simoni Berland, 1917 (Gallon, 2002: 215)

Pterinochilus obenbergeri (Strand, 1920) = Pterinochilus simoni Berland, 1917 (Laurent, 1946: 323)

Pterinochilus occidentalis Strand, 1920 = Pterinochilus simoni Berland, 1917 (Laurent, 1946: 323)

Pterinochilus pluridentatus (Hewitt, 1919) = Pterinochilus lugardi Pocock, 1900 (Gallon, 2002: 209)

Pterinochilus raptor Strand, 1906 = Pterinochilus chordatus Gerstaecker, 1873 (Gallon, 2002: 206)

Pterinochilus raveni (Smith, 1990) = Pterinochilus chordatus Gerstaecker, 1873 (Gallon, 2002: 206)

Pterinochilus sjostedti Tullgren, 1910 = Pterinochilus chordatus Gerstaecker, 1873 (Gallon, 2002: 206)

Pterinochilus tenuitibialis (Schmidt & Gelling, 2000, T from Eucratoscelus) = Pterinochilus lugardi Pocock, 1900 (Gallon, 2002: 209)

Pterinochilus widenmanni Strand, 1906 = Pterinochilus chordatus Gerstaecker, 1873 (Gallon, 2002: 206)

Pterinochilus alluaudi Berland, 1914 | | Kenya urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002378

Pterinochilus alluaudi Berland, 1914: 46, f. 5-6 (Df) Original description

Pterinochilus alluaudi Berland, 1932b: 273, f. 404 (m)

Pterinochilus alluaudi Smith, 1990c: 94, f. 489-490 (m)

Pterinochilus alluaudi Gallon, 2002: 205, f. 1-3 (m)

Pterinochilus alluaudi Schmidt, 2003l: 227, f. 716-717 (m)

Pterinochilus andrewsmithi Gallon, 2009 | | Kenya urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042768

Pterinochilus andrewsmithi Gallon, 2009: 363, pl. 3-4, f. 9-10 (Df) Original description

Pterinochilus chordatus (Gerstaecker, 1873) | | East Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038311

Harpactira chordata Gerstaecker, 1873: 487 (Dm) Original description

Pterinochilus raptor Strand, 1906b: 606 (Df)

Pterinochilus widenmanni Strand, 1906h: 17 (Dm)

Pterinochilus raptor Strand, 1908l: 13 (Dm)

Pterinochilus affinis Tullgren, 1910: 89 (Df)

Pterinochilus sjöstedti Tullgren, 1910: 90 (Df)

Pterinochilus carnivorus Strand, 1917a: 166 (Df)

Pterinochilus brunellii Caporiacco, 1940c: 777 (Df)

Coelogenium raveni Smith, 1990c: 77, f. 377-385 (Dm)

Pterinochilus raveni Gallon, 2001: 19 (Tm from Coelogenium=Ceratogyrus)

Pterinochilus chordatus Gallon, 2002: 206, f. 4-13 (removed m from synonym of P. constrictus, Sf)

Pterinochilus chordatus Schmidt, 2003l: 227, f. 718-719 (mf)

Pterinochilus cryptus Gallon, 2008 | | Angola urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041803

Pterinochilus cryptus Gallon, 2008: 233, pl. 1, f. 1-1 (Dm) Original description

Pterinochilus lapalala Gallon & Engelbrecht, 2011 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044167

Pterinochilus lapalala Gallon & Engelbrecht, 2011: 121, pl. 1-11, f. 1-9 (Dmf) Original description

Pterinochilus lugardi Pocock, 1900 | | Southern, East Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002386

Pterinochilus lugardi Pocock, 1900e: 318 (Dm) Original description

Idiothele pluridentatum Hewitt, 1919b: 101, f. 12b (Df)

Harpactirella flavipilosa Lawrence, 1936: 145 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002071]

Pterinochilus lugardi Smith, 1990c: 96, f. 513-524 (m)

Eucratoscelus tenuitibialis Schmidt & Gelling, 2000: 371, f. 1-2 (Df)

Pterinochilus lugardi Gallon, 2002: 209, f. 14-25 (m, Sf)

Pterinochilus lugardi Schmidt, 2003l: 228, f. 721-722 (mf)

Pterinochilus lugardi Gallon, 2008: 234, pl. 3-4, f. 9-13, 15 (S)

Pterinochilus murinus Pocock, 1897 | | Angola, Central, East, Southern Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002389

Harpactira elevata Karsch, 1878a: 314 (Dmf; N.B.: removed from synonymy of P. constrictus by Gallon, 2002: 211, suppressed for lack of usage)

Pterinochilus murinus Pocock, 1897b: 753, pl. 43, f. 4 (Df) Original description

Pterinochilus mamillatus Strand, 1906h: 20 (Dm)

Pterinochilus hindei Hirst, 1907b: 33, f. 1 (Dm)

Pterinochilus murinus Hirst, 1907b: 34 (Dm)

Pterinochilus vosseleri Strand, 1907l: 73 (f, provisional name only)

Pterinochilus hindei Berland, 1917: 468 (Df)

Pterinochilus murinus Roewer, 1953b: 74, f. 30-31 (m)

Pterinochilus hindei Smith, 1986b: 134, f. 77h (m)

Pterinochilus hindei Smith, 1987d: 134, f. 77h (m)

Pterinochilus murinus Smith, 1988a: 5, f. 1-10 (m)

Pterinochilus murinus Hancock & Hancock, 1989: 34, f. 29 (f)

Pterinochilus hindei Smith, 1990c: 95, f. 503a-512 (mf)

Pterinochilus murinus Smith, 1990c: 98, f. 535-551 (mf)

Pterinochilus murinus Charpentier, 1993: 13, unnumbered f. (mf)

Pterinochilus murinus Schmidt, 1993d: 120, f. 375-377 (mf)

Pterinochilus hindei Peters, 1998: 92, f. 240, 242 (mf)

Pterinochilus murinus Peters, 1998: 96, f. 256-258 (mf)

Pterinochilus mamillatus Schmidt, Peters & Samm, 2000: 8, f. 1-6 (m, Df)

Pterinochilus hindei Peters, 2000b: 98, f. 281-283 (mf)

Pterinochilus mamillatus Peters, 2000b: 99, f. 286-287 (mf)

Pterinochilus murinus Peters, 2000b: 101, f. 297-299 (mf)

Pterinochilus murinus Gallon, 2002: 211, f. 26-34 (mf, S)

Pterinochilus leetzi Schmidt, 2002d: 3, f. 1-2 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037517]

Pterinochilus leetzi Schmidt, 2002g: 1, f. 1-2 (f)

Pterinochilus leetzi Schmidt, 2003l: 228, f. 720 (f)

Pterinochilus mamillatus Schmidt, 2003l: 228, f. 723-725 (mf)

Pterinochilus murinus Schmidt, 2003l: 228, f. 726-727; 257, f. 19 (mf)

Pterinochilus leetzi Peters, 2005b: 100, f. 318-321 (f)

Pterinochilus murinus Gallon, 2008: , pl. 2, f. 16-18 (f, S)

Pterinochilus raygabrieli Gallon, 2009 | | Kenya urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042767

Pterinochilus raygabrieli Gallon, 2009: 361, pl. 1-2, f. 1-8 (Dm) Original description

Pterinochilus simoni Berland, 1917 | | Angola, Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002395

Pterinochilus simoni Berland, 1917: 466, f. 1-2 (Dmf) Original description

Pterinochilides obenbergeri Strand, 1920: 99 (Dm)

Pterinochilus mutus Strand, 1920: 101 (Dm)

Pterinochilus occidentalis Strand, 1920: 102 (Dmf)

Pterinochilus simoni Laurent, 1946: 323 (S)

Pterinochilus simoni Smith, 1986b: 136, f. 86h (m)

Pterinochilus simoni Smith, 1987d: 136, f. 86h (m)

Pterinochilus mutus Smith, 1990c: 100, f. 552-553 (m)

Pterinochilus simoni Smith, 1990c: 101, f. 579-580 (m)

Pterinochilus mutus Peters, 1998: 98, f. 261-262 (m)

Pterinochilus simoni Gallon, 2002: 214, f. 35-46 (mf, S)

Pterinochilus simoni Schmidt, 2003l: 228, f. 728-729 (mf)

Pterinochilus vorax Pocock, 1897 | | Angola, Central, East Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002398

Pterinochilus vorax Pocock, 1897b: 752, pl. 43, f. 3 (Dm) Original description

Pterinochilus vorax Strand, 1907l: 19 (Dm)

Pterinochilus mutus Roewer, 1953b: 74, f. 26-27 (m, misidentified)

Pterinochilus vorax Smith, 1990c: 102, f. 591-600 (m, removed from S of P. constrictus)

Pterinochilus vorax Schmidt, 1995h: 8, f. 2 (Df)

Pterinochilus vorax Peters, 2000b: 104, f. 310-311 (m)

Pterinochilus vorax Gallon, 2002: 216, f. 47-56 (mf)

Pterinochilus vorax Schmidt, 2003l: 229, f. 730-731 (mf)