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:

Hemiercus Simon, 1903 = Schismatothele Karsch, 1879 (Guadanucci & Weinmann, 2014: 282)

Gen. Schismatothele Karsch, 1879 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00274

N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Holothele Karsch, 1879 by Rudloff, 1997a: 12 (contra Raven, 1985a: 158); considered a senior synonym of Hemiercus Simon, 1903a: 929 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00232] (type Hapalopus inflatus Simon, 1889) by Guadanucci & Weinmann, 2014: 282 (contra Rudloff, 1997a: 12 and Raven, 1985a: 153).

Transferred to other genera:

Schismatothele proxima Mello-Leitão, 1923 -- see Acanthoscurria

In synonymy:

Schismatothele solitarius (Simon, 1889, T from Psalistops) = Schismatothele lineata Karsch, 1879 (Mori & Bertani, 2020: 112)

Schismatothele benedettii Panzera, Perdomo & Pérez-Miles, 2011 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044168

Schismatothele benedettii Panzera, Perdomo & Pérez-Miles, 2011: 130, f. 1-7 (Dmf) Original description

Schismatothele caeri Moeller, Weinmann & Guadanucci, 2023 | | Trinidad and Tobago urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057463

Schismatothele caeri Moeller, Weinmann & Guadanucci, 2023: 86, f. 1-4, 23-32 (Dmf) Original description

Schismatothele caiquetia Moeller, Weinmann & Guadanucci, 2023 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057464

Schismatothele caiquetia Moeller, Weinmann & Guadanucci, 2023: 89, f. 5-8, 33-40 (Dmf) Original description

Schismatothele hacaritama Perafán, Valencia-Cuéllar & Guadanucci, 2019 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050854

Schismatothele hacaritama Perafán, Valencia-Cuéllar & Guadanucci in Valencia-Cuéllar et al., 2019: 554, f. 9-16 (Dm) Original description

Schismatothele inflata (Simon, 1889) | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002085

Hapalopus inflatus Simon, 1889m: 209 (Dm) Original description

Hemiercus inflatus Simon, 1903a: 929, f. 1084

Hemiercus inflatus Schmidt, 1986: 41, f. 11 (m)

Holothele inflata Schmidt, 1993d: 67, f. 105 (m)

Hemiercus inflatus Rudloff, 1997a: 14, f. 21 (m, T from Holothele, contra Raven, 1985a: 153)

Hemiercus inflatus Schmidt, 1997g: 15, f. 1 (m)

Hemiercus inflatus Schmidt, 2003l: 122, f. 76 (m)

Schismatothele inflata Guadanucci & Weinmann, 2014: 283, f. 5A-F (m, T from Hemiercus)

Schismatothele kastoni (Caporiacco, 1955) | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002086

Hemiercus kastoni Caporiacco, 1955: 274, f. 1a-b (Dm) Original description

Hemiercus kastoni Rudloff, 1997a: 14 (T from Holothele, contra Raven, 1985a: 153)

Hemiercus kastoni Guadanucci & Weinmann, 2014: 287 (may belong to Euthycaelus)

Schismatothele lineata Karsch, 1879 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002400

Schismatothele lineata Karsch, 1879d: 544 (Df) Original description

Epipedesis solitarius Simon, 1889m: 202 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001551]

Schismatothele lineata Rudloff, 1997a: 12, f. 12-15 (f, T from Holothele, contra Raven, 1985a: 158)

Schismatothele lineata Schmidt, 1997g: 15, f. 2 (f)

Schismatothele lineata Vol, 1999a: 13, f. W (f)

Schismatothele lineata Schmidt, 2003l: 122, f. 77 (f)

Schismatothele lineata Guadanucci & Weinmann, 2014: 282, f. 4A-B (f)

Schismatothele lineata Mori & Bertani, 2020: 112, f. 300-305 (f, S of Psalistops = Epipedesis solitarius)

Schismatothele merida Moeller, Weinmann & Guadanucci, 2023 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057465

Schismatothele merida Moeller, Weinmann & Guadanucci, 2023: 92, f. 9-12, 41-50 (Dmf) Original description

Schismatothele modesta (Simon, 1889) | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002087

Hapalopus modestus Simon, 1889m: 218 (Dm) Original description

Hemiercus modestus Simon, 1903a: 929

Hemiercus modestus Rudloff, 1997a: 14 (T from Holothele, contra Raven, 1985a: 158)

Schismatothele modesta Guadanucci & Weinmann, 2014: 284, f. 6A-F (m)

Schismatothele moonenorum Moeller, Weinmann & Guadanucci, 2023 | | French Guiana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057466

Schismatothele moonenorum Moeller, Weinmann & Guadanucci, 2023: 95, f. 13-14, 51-58 (Dm) Original description

Schismatothele olsoni Guadanucci, Perafán & Valencia-Cuéllar, 2019 | | Colombia, Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050855

Schismatothele olsoni Guadanucci, Perafán & Valencia-Cuéllar in Valencia-Cuéllar et al., 2019: 556, f. 17-24 (Dm) Original description

Schismatothele olsoni Pérez-Miles, 2020: 8, f. 1.8d (m)

Schismatothele opifex (Simon, 1889) | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001550

Epipedesis opifex Simon, 1889m: 202 (Df) Original description

Schismatothele opifex Mori & Bertani, 2020: 118, f. 317-322 (f, T from Psalistops)

Schismatothele quimbaya Moeller, Weinmann & Guadanucci, 2023 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057467

Schismatothele quimbaya Moeller, Weinmann & Guadanucci, 2023: 97, f. 15-16, 59-66 (Dm) Original description

Schismatothele timotocuica Moeller, Weinmann & Guadanucci, 2023 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057468

Schismatothele timotocuica Moeller, Weinmann & Guadanucci, 2023: 100, f. 17-20, 67-74 (Dmf) Original description

Schismatothele wayana Moeller, Weinmann & Guadanucci, 2023 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057469

Schismatothele wayana Moeller, Weinmann & Guadanucci, 2023: 103, f. 21-22, 75-82 (Dm) Original description

Schismatothele weinmanni Guadanucci, Perafán & Valencia-Cuéllar, 2019 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050856

Schismatothele weinmanni Guadanucci, Perafán & Valencia-Cuéllar in Valencia-Cuéllar et al., 2019: 557, f. 25-34, 35a-d (Dmf) Original description

Schismatothele weimanni Pérez-Miles, 2020: 7, f. 1.7c (m, lapsus)

Schismatothele weinmanni Moeller, Weinmann & Guadanucci, 2023: 105, f. 83-86 (m)