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:

Phlogius Simon, 1887 = Selenocosmia Ausserer, 1871 (Raven, 2000a: 570, contra Schmidt, 1995k: 9)

Phrictus L. Koch, 1874 = Selenocosmia Ausserer, 1871 (Raven, 2000a: 570, automatically with its replacement name Phlogius)

Selenopelma Schmidt & Krause, 1995 = Selenocosmia Ausserer, 1871 (Raven, 2000a: 570)

Gen. Selenocosmia Ausserer, 1871 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00277
N.B.: the resurrection of Phlogius Simon, 1887d: 195 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05129] by Schmidt, 1995k: 9 was rejected by Raven, 2000a: 570, who also placed Chilocosmia Schmidt & von Wirth, 1992b: 9 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04825] (type C. dichromata Schmidt & von Wirth, 1992) and Selenopelma Schmidt & Krause, 1995a: 22 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04828] (type S. kovariki Schmidt & Krause, 1995) as junior synonyms (see also Schmidt, 2002c: 3, Schmidt, 2015a, Schmidt, 2015c); West, Nunn & Hogg, 2012: 23 placed the type species of Chilocosmia (but not the other species) in Orphnaecus instead; Phlogius is a replacement name for Phrictus L. Koch, 1874a: 488 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05128] (type P. crassipes L. Koch, 1874), preoccupied in Hemiptera by Spinola, 1839.

Transferred to other genera:

Selenocosmia dichromata (Schmidt & von Wirth, 1992) -- see Orphnaecus

Selenocosmia hainana Liang, Peng, Huang & Chen -- see Cyriopagopus

Selenocosmia himalayana Pocock, 1899 -- see Haplocosmia

Selenocosmia huwena Wang, Peng & Xie, 1993 -- see Cyriopagopus

Selenocosmia imbellis (Simon, 1891) -- see Psednocnemis

Selenocosmia insulana Hirst, 1909 -- see Phlogiellus

Selenocosmia insulanus Schmidt, 2015 -- see Phlogiellus

Selenocosmia nigroventris Marx, 1893 -- see Phoneyusa

Selenocosmia obscura Hirst, 1909 -- see Phlogiellus

Selenocosmia orophila (Thorell, 1897) -- see Phlogiellus

Selenocosmia xinping Zhu & Zhang, 2008 -- see Phlogiellus

In synonymy:

Selenocosmia lucubrans (L. Koch, 1874, T from Phlogiellus) = Selenocosmia crassipes L. Koch, 1874 (Main, 1982c: 588)

Selenocosmia stalkeri (Hirst, 1907) = Selenocosmia stirlingi Hogg, 1901 (Main, 1985b: 48)

Selenocosmia vulpina (Hogg, 1901) = Selenocosmia crassipes L. Koch, 1874 (Main, 1985b: 47)

Nomina dubia:

Selenocosmia lyra Strand, 1913d: 114 (j, Indonesia/Sumatra) -- West & Nunn, 2010a: 42

Selenocosmia subvulpina Strand, 1907l: 83 (m, Australia/Queensland) -- Nentwig et al., 2020: 26

Selenocosmia anubis Yu, S. Y. Zhang, F. Zhang, Li & Yang, 2021 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053463
Selenocosmia anubis Yu et al., 2021b: 5, f. 4A-D, 5A-E, 6A-D, 12A-C, 14A, G (Dmf) Original description
Selenocosmia arndsti (Schmidt & von Wirth, 1991) | | New Guinea (Indonesia or Papua New Guinea) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001908
Selenotypus arndsti Schmidt & von Wirth, 1991: 5, f. 1-3 (Df) Original description
Chilocosmia arndsti Schmidt & von Wirth, 1992b: 12, pl. II, f. 1-6 (Dm, f, T from Selenotypus)
Chilocosmia arndsti Schmidt, 1993d: 128, f. 407-408 (f)
Chilocosmia arndsti Peters, 2000a: 83, f. 306 (f)
Chilocosmia arndsti Schmidt, 2003l: 236, f.l 756-759 (mf)
Selenocosmia arndsti West, Nunn & Hogg, 2012: 10
Chilocosima arndsti Schmidt, 2015c: 1 (T to and resurrection of Chilocosmia as opinion, not accepted here)
Selenocosmia aruana Strand, 1911 | | Indonesia (Aru Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002405
Selenocosmia aruana Strand, 1911d: 129, pl. 5, f. 30a, d (Dm) Original description
Selenocosmia barensteinerae (Schmidt, Hettegger & Matthes, 2010) | | Borneo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043410
Chilocosmia barensteinerae Schmidt, Hettegger & Matthes, 2010: 6, f. 1.3-9 (Df; N.B.: see West, Nunn & Hogg, 2012: 23 and Schmidt, 2015e: 10) Original description
Chilocosmia barensteinerae Schmidt, 2015c: 1 (T to and resurrection of Chilocosmia as opinion, not accepted here)
Selenocosmia compta Kulczyński, 1911 | | New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002406
Selenocosmia compta Kulczyński, 1911d: 109, pl. 4, f. 1 (Df) Original description
Selenocosmia compta Schmidt, 2003l: 241, f. 779 (f)
Selenocosmia crassipes (L. Koch, 1874) | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002283
Phrictus crassipes L. Koch, 1874a: 489, pl. 37, f. 5 (Df) Original description
Ischnocolus lucubrans L. Koch, 1874a: 487, pl. 37, f. 4 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037749]
Phlogius crassipes Simon, 1887d: 195
Selenocosmia vulpina Hogg, 1901: 246, f. 28 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037751]
Phlogiellus lucubrans Roewer, 1942a: 265
Selenocosmia crassipes Main, 1982c: 588 (S of Phlogiellus lucubrans)
Selenocosmia crassipes Main, 1985b: 47 (S of Selenocosmia vulpina)
Selenocosmia vulpina Smith, 1986b: 127, f. 48h (m)
Selenocosmia vulpina Smith, 1987d: 127, f. 48h (m)
Phlogius crassipes Schmidt, 1995k: 10, f. 1-3. 5 (Tmf from Selenocosmia, rejected)
Phlogius crassipes Schmidt, 2002h: 1, f. 5 (m)
Phlogius crassipes Schmidt, 2003l: 240, f. 771-773 (m)
Selenocosmia deliana Strand, 1913 | | Indonesia (Sumatra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002407
Selenocosmia deliana Strand, 1913d: 114 (Df) Original description
Selenocosmia effera (Simon, 1891) | | Indonesia (Moluccas) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002408
Phlogius efferus Simon, 1891e: 309 (Dmf) Original description
Selenocosmia fuliginea (Thorell, 1895) | | Myanmar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002409
Phlogius fuligineus Thorell, 1895b: 8 (Df) Original description
Selenocosmia fuliginea Pocock, 1900a: 201
Selenocosmia hasselti Simon, 1891 | | Indonesia (Sumatra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002410
Selenocosmia hasselti Simon, 1891e: 310 (Df) Original description
Selenocosmia hirtipes Strand, 1913 | | Indonesia (Moluccas), New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002412
Selenocosmia hirtipes Strand, 1913d: 115 (Df) Original description
Phlogius hirtipes Schmidt, 2004d: 4, f. 1 (f)
Selenocosmia hirtipes Schmidt, 2005f: 15, f. 1 (f)
Phlogius hirtipes Schmidt, 2005g: 21, f. 1 (f)
Selenocosmia honesta Hirst, 1909 | | New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002413
Selenocosmia honesta Hirst, 1909: 384, pl. 24, f. 3 (Dm) Original description
Selenocosmia honesta femoralis Kulczyński, 1911c: 424, pl. 19, f. 2-3 (Dm)
Selenocosmia honesta Schmidt, 2003l: 241, f. 780 (m)
Phlogius honestus Schmidt, 2004i: 4, f 1a-h, 2a-h, 3a-g (m, Df)
Phlogius honestus Barensteiner & Wehinger, 2005: 7, f. 4-8 (mf)
Selenocosmia insignis (Simon, 1890) | | Indonesia (Sumatra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002416
Phlogius insignis Simon in van Hasselt, 1890: 203 (Dm) Original description
Selenocosmia javanensis (Walckenaer, 1837) | | Malaysia to Indonesia (Sulawesi) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002418
Mygale javanensis Walckenaer, 1837: 216 (Df) Original description
Mygale monstrosa C. L. Koch, 1838: vol. 5: 14, pl. 147, f. 346 (Df) [probably not conspecific per Gabriel & Sherwood, 2019: 22]
Mygale javanensis C. L. Koch, 1842: vol. 9: 89, pl. 319, f. 747 (Dm)
Eurypelma monstrosa C. L. Koch, 1850: 73
Mygale javanensis Doleschall, 1859: 4, pl. 10, f. 2 (f)
Selenocosmia javanensis Ausserer, 1871a: 204
Selenocosmia javanensis Simon, 1903a: 955, f. 1103-1104
Selenocosmia javanensis Kulczyński, 1908d: 527, pl. 23, f. 1, 6
Selenocosmia javanensis Reimoser, 1927a: 44, f. 1-2
Selenocosmia javanensis Smith, 1986b: 123, f. 31h (m)
Selenocosmia javanensis Smith, 1987d: 123, f. 31h (m)
Selenocosmia javanensis Schmidt, 2002h: 1, f. 1, 3 (mf)
Selenocosmia javanensis Schmidt, 2003f: 9, f. 9-10 (mf)
Selenocosmia javanensis Schmidt, 2003l: 233, 241, f. 737, 781-783 (mf)
Selenocosmia javanensis West, Nunn & Hogg, 2012: 26, f. 44a-b, 52a-b (mf)
Selenocosmia javanensis Schmidt, 2015c: 34, f. unnumbered (f)
Selenocosmia javanensis brachyplectra Kulczyński, 1908 | | Indonesia (Java) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002419
Selenocosmia javanensis brachyplectra Kulczyński, 1908d: 531 (Df) Original description
Selenocosmia javanensis dolichoplectra Kulczyński, 1908 | | Indonesia (Java) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002420
Selenocosmia javanensis dolichoplectra Kulczyński, 1908d: 531, pl. 23, f. 6 (Df) Original description
Selenocosmia javanensis fulva Kulczyński, 1908 | | Indonesia (Java) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002421
Selenocosmia javanensis fulva Kulczyński, 1908d: 532, pl. 23, f. 4, 7 (Dmf) Original description
Selenocosmia javanensis fulva Schmidt, 2003l: 242, f. 784 (m)
Selenocosmia javanensis sumatrana Thorell, 1890 | | Indonesia (Sumatra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002422
Selenocosmia javanensis sumatrana Thorell, 1890a: 395 (Dmf) Original description
Selenocosmia javanensis sumatrana Strand, 1907l: 81
Selenocosmia jiafu Zhu & Zhang, 2008 | | China, Laos urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041978
Selenocosmia huwena Wang, Peng & Xie, 1993: 72, f. 5-6 (m, misidentified)
Selenocosmia jiafu Zhu & Zhang, 2008: 436, f. 6A-I (Dmf) Original description
Selenocosmia jiafu Yu et al., 2021b: 5, f. 13A-C, 14C, F, 15A-B, 16A-C (mf)
Selenocosmia jiafu Lin, Chen & Yan, 2022: 8, f. 4a, 5a, 6a, 7a, 8a, 9a (m)
Selenocosmia kovariki (Schmidt & Krause, 1995) | | Vietnam urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002444
Selenopelma kovariki Schmidt & Krause, 1995a: 22, f. 1-5 (Df) Original description
Selenopelma kovariki Schmidt, 2003l: 234, f. 740 (f)
Selenocosmia kovariki Peters, 2005b: 109, f. 348-352 (f)
Selenopelma kovariki Schmidt, 2015c: 37, f. unnumbered (f) (T to and resurrection of Selenopelma as opinion, not accepted here)
Selenocosmia kulluensis Chamberlin, 1917 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002423
Selenocosmia kulluensis Chamberlin, 1917: 68, pl. 5, f. 2-3 (Dm) Original description
Selenocosmia kulluensis Smith, 1986b: 123, f. 33h (m)
Selenocosmia kulluensis Smith, 1987d: 123, f. 33h (m)
Selenocosmia kulluensis Schmidt, 2003l: 242, f. 785 (m)
Selenocosmia lanceolata Hogg, 1914 | | New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002424
Selenocosmia lanceolata Hogg, 1914a: 56 (Df) Original description
Selenocosmia lanceolata Hogg, 1915a: 430, f. 21 (f)
Phlogius lanceolatus Schmidt, 2004i: 4, f 4a-h (f)
Phlogius lanceolatus Barensteiner & Wehinger, 2005: 7, f. 9 (f)
Selenocosmia lanipes Ausserer, 1875 | | Indonesia (Moluccas), New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002425
Selenocosmia lanipes Ausserer, 1875: 187, pl. 7, f. 32-33 (Dm) Original description
Phlogius lanipes Schmidt, 2003l: 240, f. 774-775 (mf)
Selenocosmia lanipes Pocock, 1897c: 594 (Df)
Selenocosmia lanipes Kulczyński, 1911c: 423, pl. 19, f. 4 (f)
Selenocosmia lanipes Smith, 1986b: 126, f. 43h (m)
Selenocosmia lanipes Smith, 1987d: 126, f. 43h (m)
Selenocosmia lanipes Peters, 2000b: 108, f. 320 (m)
Phlogius lanipes Schmidt, 2002h: 1, f. 2, 4 (mf)
Phlogius lanipes Schmidt, 2003f: 9, f. 11-12 (mf)
Selenocosmia longiembola Yu, S. Y. Zhang, F. Zhang, Li & Yang, 2021 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053465
Selenocosmia longiembola Yu et al., 2021b: 8, f. 7E-H, 9A-D, 10A-B, 12D-F, 14B (Dmf) Original description
Selenocosmia mittmannae (Barensteiner & Wehinger, 2005) | | New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040901
Phlogius mittmannae Barensteiner & Wehinger, 2005: 3, f. 1-3 (Df) Original description
Selenocosmia papuana Kulczyński, 1908 | | New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002429
Selenocosmia papuana Kulczyński, 1908a: 454 (Df) Original description
Phlogius papuanus Schmidt, 2002c: 8, f. 1-2 (f, Dm)
Phlogius papuanus Schmidt, 2005g: 13, f. 1-2 (mf)
Selenocosmia peerboomi (Schmidt, 1999) | | Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001910
Chilocosmia peerboomi Schmidt, 1999c: 281, f. 1-4 (Dmf) Original description
Chilocosmia peerboomi Schmidt, 2003l: 234, f. 739 (f)
Chilocosmia peerboomi Schmidt, 2015c: 1 (T to and resurrection of Chilocosmia as opinion, not accepted here)
Selenocosmia pritami Dyal, 1935 | | Pakistan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002430
Selenocosmia pritami Dyal, 1935: 241 (Dm) Original description
Selenocosmia qiani Yu, S. Y. Zhang, F. Zhang, Li & Yang, 2021 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053464
Selenocosmia qiani Yu et al., 2021b: 5, f. 7A-D, 8A-E, 11, 12G-I, 14D-E (Dmf) Original description
Selenocosmia raciborskii Kulczyński, 1908 | | Indonesia (Java) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002431
Selenocosmia raciborskii Kulczyński, 1908d: 535, pl. 23, f. 2, 5 (Dmf) Original description
Selenocosmia raciborskii Schmidt, 2003l: 242, f. 786-787 (mf)
Selenocosmia samarae (Giltay, 1935) | j | Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001911
Chilobrachys samarae Giltay, 1935c: 3, f. 1 (Dj) Original description
Chilocosmia samarae Schmidt, 1999c: 280, f. 5 (Tj from Chilobrachys)
Selenocosmia similis Kulczyński, 1911 | | New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002432
Selenocosmia similis Kulczyński, 1911d: 111, pl. 4, f. 2-3 (Dmf) Original description
Selenocosmia similis Schmidt, 2003l: 242, f. 788-789 (mf)
Phlogius similis Schmidt, 2004c: 14, f. 1-2 (f)
Selenocosmia stirlingi Hogg, 1901 | | Australia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002284
Selenocosmia stirlingi Hogg, 1901: 245, f. 27 (Dmf) Original description
Selenocosmia stalkeri Hirst, 1907a: 522, f. 1 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037750]
Selenocosmia stirlingi Main, 1985b: 48 (S of Selenocosmia stalkeri)
Selenocosmia stirlingi Smith, 1986b: 126, f. 46h (m)
Selenocosmia stirlingi Smith, 1987d: 126, f. 46h (m)
Phlogius stirlingi Schmidt, 1995k: 10, f. 4 (f, T from Selenocosmia, rejected)
Phlogius stirlingi Schmidt, 2002h: 2, f. 6 (f)
Phlogius stirlingi Schmidt, 2003l: 234, 240, f. 741, 776-777 (mf)
Phlogius stirlingi Schmidt, 2015c: 36, f. unnumbered (f) (T to and resurrection of Phlogius only as opinion, therefore not accepted here)
Selenocosmia strenua (Thorell, 1881) | | New Guinea, Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002433
Phrictus strenuus Thorell, 1881: 253 (Df) Original description
Selenocosmia strubelli Strand, 1913 | | Indonesia (Java, Moluccas or New Guinea) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002434
Selenocosmia strubelli Strand, 1913d: 114 (Df) Original description
Selenocosmia sutherlandi Gravely, 1935 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002436
Selenocosmia sutherlandi Gravely, 1935a: 83, f. 3c (Dm) Original description
Selenocosmia sutherlandi Smith, 1986b: 126, f. 39h (m)
Selenocosmia sutherlandi Smith, 1987d: 126, f. 39h (m)
Selenocosmia sutherlandi Schmidt, 2003l: 242, f. 790 (m)
Selenocosmia tahanensis Abraham, 1924 | | Malaysia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002437
Selenocosmia tahanensis Abraham, 1924: 1115, pl. 6, f. 25-26 (Dm) Original description
Selenocosmia valida (Thorell, 1881) | | Papua New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002438
Phrictus validus Thorell, 1881: 250 (Df) Original description
Phlogius validus Simon, 1896a: 343
Psophopoeus validus Thorell, 1897a: 175
Selenocosmia valida Simon, 1903a: 955
Selenocosmia xinhuaensis Zhu & Zhang, 2008 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041979
Selenocosmia xinhuaensis Zhu & Zhang, 2008: 436, f. 7A-I (Dm) Original description
Selenocosmia zhangzhengi Lin, 2022 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053924
Selenocosmia zhangzhengi Lin in Lin, Chen & Yan, 2022: 2, f. 1A-B, 2A-I, 3A-C, 4b, 5b, 6b, 7b, 8b, 9b, 10A-B (Dmf) Original description

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