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. Pterinopelma Pocock, 1901 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04204

N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Eupalaestrus Pocock, 1901 by Bertani, Nagahama & Fukushima, 2011: 3, contra Pérez-Miles, 1992: 28 (and also contra Raven, 1985a: 158, who placed it as a synonym of Aphonopelma Pocock, 1901, sub Rhechostica).

Transferred to other genera:

Pterinopelma felipeleitei Bertani & Leal, 2016 -- see Parvicarina

Pterinopelma sazimai Bertani, Nagahama & Fukushima, 2011 -- see Lasiocyano

Nomen dubium:

Pterinopelma tigrinum Pocock, 1903b: 109 (mf, Uruguay) -- Fukushima, Pérez-Miles & Bertani, 2011: 531

Pterinopelma longisternale (Bertani, 2001) | | Brazil, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039201

Vitalius longisternalis Bertani, 2001: 297, f. 21, 87-90, 181 (Dmf) Original description

Vitalius longisternalis Peters, 2003: 307, f. 1215, 1218-1219 (mf)

Vitalius longisternalis Schmidt, 2003l: 193, f. 536-538 (mf)

Vitalius longisternalis Peters, 2005b: 120, f. 382-387 (mf)

Vitalius longisternalis Ferretti et al., 2015b: 1, f. 1a-b, 5 (f)

Pterinopelma longisternalis Galleti-Lima et al., 2023: 8, f. 8C-D, 9D-F (mf, T from Vitalius)

Pterinopelma roseum (Mello-Leitão, 1923) | | Brazil, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002502

Pamphobeteus roseus Mello-Leitão, 1923a: 232 (Df) Original description

Pamphobeteus roseus Bücherl, 1947a: 257 (S)

Pamphobeteus roseus Bücherl, 1957: 403, f. 87 (m)

Pamphobeteus roseus Schmidt, 1986: 59, f. 97 (m)

Vitalius roseus Lucas, Silva & Bertani, 1993: 245 (T from Pamphobeteus)

Vitalius roseus Schmidt, 1993d: 100, f. 305 (m)

Vitalius roseus Schmidt, 1997g: 20, f. 227 (m)

Vitalius roseus Schmidt, 1998d: 5, f. 2 (f)

Vitalius roseus Schmidt, 1999f: 10, f. 36, 38 (mf)

Vitalius roseus Peters, 2000b: 133, f. 393-394 (mf)

Vitalius roseus Bertani, 2001: 305, f. 112-116, 185 (mf)

Vitalius roseus Peters, 2003: 309, f. 1228-1231, 1233-1234 (mf)

Vitalius roseus Schmidt, 2003l: 195, f. 548-550 (mf)

Vitalius roseus Ferretti et al., 2015a: 241, f. 1A-D, 2A-B, 5A-B (mf)

Pterinopelma roseus Galleti-Lima et al., 2023: 8, f. 8E-F, 9G-I (mf, T from Vitalius)

Pterinopelma vitiosum (Keyserling, 1891) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044933

Eurypelma vitiosum Keyserling, 1891: 21, pl. 1, f. 5 (Dm) Original description

Pterinopelma vitiosum Pocock, 1897b: 551

Eupalaestrus vitiosus Pérez-Miles, 1992: 34 (considered a nomen dubium)

Pterinopelma vitiosum Bertani, Nagahama & Fukushima, 2011: 5, f. 1-16 (m, Df)

Pterinopelma vitiosum Galleti-Lima et al., 2023: 8, f. 8A-B, 9A-C (mf)