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. Phormingochilus Pocock, 1895 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00266

type Phormingochilus everetti Pocock, 1895; gender masculine

Transferred to other genera:

Phormingochilus carpenteri Smith & Jacobi, 2015 -- see Lampropelma

Phormingochilus fuchsi Strand, 1906 -- see Omothymus

Phormingochilus kirki Smith & Jacobi, 2015 -- see Lampropelma

Phormingochilus arboricola (Schmidt & Barensteiner, 2015) | | Borneo (country unknown) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048497

Lampropelma nigerrimum arboricola Schmidt & Barensteiner, 2015a: 5, f. 1-4 (f) Original description

Phormingochilus arboricola Gabriel & Sherwood, 2019c: 141 (T from Lampropelma, raised to species level from subspecies of Lampropelma nigerrimum)

Phormingochilus everetti Pocock, 1895 | | Malaysia (Borneo) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002324 TYPE SPECIES

Phormingochilus everettii Pocock, 1895a: 180, pl. 10, f. 4 (Df) Original description

Phormingochilus everetti Smith, 1994: 20, f. 1-10, 17 (f, Dm)

Phormingochilus everetti Schmidt, 2003l: 253, f. 832-835 (mf)

Phormingochilus everetti Smith & Jacobi, 2015: 30 (S of Phormingochilus tigrinus, revalidated by Gabriel & Sherwood, 2019c: 142)

Phormingochilus everetti Gabriel & Sherwood, 2019c: 141, f. 9-16 (m)

Phormingochilus everetti Müller et al., 2024: 34, f. 33-34, 39-42 (m)

Phormingochilus hatihati Müller, Fardiansah, Schneider, Wanke, von Wirth & Wendt, 2024 | | Indonesia (Sulawesi) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063481

Phormingochilus hatihati Müller et al., 2024: 31, f. 5-6, 19-28, 31-32, 35-38 (Dmf) Original description

Phormingochilus pennellhewlettorum Smith & Jacobi, 2015 | | Malaysia (Borneo) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048526

Phormingochilus pennellhewletti Smith & Jacobi, 2015: 38, f. 24-40, 44-49 (Dmf; N.B.: patronym for Mark Pennell and Dean Hewlett, 'lapsus calami' per ICZN Article 32.5.1., see FAQ 6) Original description

Phormingochilus tigrinus Pocock, 1895 | | Malaysia (Borneo) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002326

Phormingochilus tigrinus Pocock, 1895a: 181 (Df) Original description

Phormingochilus tigrinus Smith, 1994: 21, f. 11-15 (f)

Phormingochilus tigrinus Schmidt, 2003l: 253, f. 837 (f)

Phormingochilus everetti Smith & Jacobi, 2015: 30, f. 3-9, 42-43 (f; misidentified per Gabriel & Sherwood, 2019c: 142)

Phormingochilus tigrinus Gabriel & Sherwood, 2019c: 142 (removed from S of Phormingochilus everetti, rejecting Smith & Jacobi, 2015: 30)