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:

Pseudoclamoris Hüsser, 2018 = Tapinauchenius Ausserer, 1871 (Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022: 34)

Gen. Tapinauchenius Ausserer, 1871 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00286

N.B.: synonym of Pseudoclamoris Hüsser, 2018: 73 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04473] (type Tapinauchenius gigas Caporiacco, 1954) after Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022: 34; not a senior synonym of Lasiopelma Simon, 1892 (Schmidt, 1994e: 5, contra Raven, 1985a: 119); see note under Psalmopoeus.

Transferred to other genera:

Tapinauchenius elenae Schmidt, 1994 -- see Amazonius

Tapinauchenius grossus (Ausserer, 1871) -- see Grammostola

In synonymy:

Tapinauchenius concolor (Caporiacco, 1947) = Tapinauchenius plumipes C. L. Koch, 1842 (Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022: 35)

Tapinauchenius deborri (Becker, 1879, T from Avicularia) = Tapinauchenius plumipes C. L. Koch, 1842 (Simon, 1886e: 133)

Tapinauchenius gigas (Caporiacco, 1954, T from Pseudoclamoris) = Tapinauchenius plumipes C. L. Koch, 1842 (Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022: 35)

Tapinauchenius purpureus Schmidt, 1995 = Tapinauchenius plumipes C. L. Koch, 1842 (West et al., 2008: 39, sub Tapinauchenius violaceus)

Tapinauchenius violaceus (Mello-Leitão, 1930) = Tapinauchenius plumipes C. L. Koch, 1842 (Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022: 35)

Nomina dubia:

Tapinauchenius caerulescens Simon, 1891f: 325 (j, USA) -- Smith, 1995: 30

Tapinauchenius subcaeruleus Bauer & Antonelli, 1997: 429 (f. 1-3, f, Ecuador) -- Hüsser, 2018: 88

Tapinauchenius texensis Simon, 1891f: 326 (j, USA) -- Smith, 1995: 30

Tapinauchenius brunneus Schmidt, 1995 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002479

Tapinauchenius brunneus Schmidt, 1995a: 2, f. 1-2 (Dm) Original description

Tapinauchenius brunneus Schmidt, 2003l: 206, f. 604-605 (m)

Tapinauchenius brunneus Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022: 46, f. 78-91 (m, Df)

Tapinauchenius cupreus Schmidt & Bauer, 1996 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002480

Tapinauchenius cupreus Schmidt & Bauer, 1996: 2, f. 1-3 (Dmf) Original description

Tapinauchenius cupreus Peters, 2000b: 118, f. 346-348 (mf)

Tapinauchenius cupreus Peters, 2003: 292, f. 1157-1159 (mf)

Tapinauchenius cupreus Schmidt, 2003l: 206, f. 606-608 (mf)

Tapinauchenius cupreus Auer, Huber & Bochtler, 2007: 21, f. 8, 27-28, 49 (f)

Tapinauchenius cupreus Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022: 49, f. 92-102 (mf)

Tapinauchenius gretae Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053806

Tapinauchenius gretae Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022: 57, f. 122-144 (Dmf) Original description

Tapinauchenius herrerai Gabriel & Sherwood, 2022 | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054529

Tapinauchenius herrerai Gabriel & Sherwood, 2022: 15, f. 28 (Df) Original description

Tapinauchenius latipes L. Koch, 1875 | | Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002483

Tapinauchenius latipes L. Koch in Ausserer, 1875: 183, pl. 6, f. 36 (Dm) Original description

Tapinauchenius latipes Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1945: 193, pl. XVIII (Df)

Tapinauchenius latipes Schenkel, 1953a: 5, f. 6a-b (m)

Tapinauchenius latipes Schmidt, 1995c: 14, f. 2 (f)

Tapinauchenius latipes Peters, 2000b: 120, f. 356 (f)

Tapinauchenius latipes Peters, 2003: 294, f. 1167 (f)

Tapinauchenius latipes Schmidt, 2003l: 206, f. 615 (f)

Tapinauchenius latipes Auer, Huber & Bochtler, 2007: 27, f. 35-36, 50 (f)

Tapinauchenius latipes Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022: 43, f. 63-77 (mf)

Tapinauchenius plumipes (C. L. Koch, 1842) | | Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002484

Mygale plumipes C. L. Koch, 1842: vol. 9: 67, pl. 311, f. 733 (Dm) Original description

Eurypelma plumipes C. L. Koch, 1850: 73

Tapinauchenius plumipes Ausserer, 1871a: 201

Avicularia deborrii Becker, 1879d: 143 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053805]

Tapinauchenius plumipes Simon, 1886e: 133 (S of Avicularia deborrii)

Ephebopus violaceus Mello-Leitão, 1930b: 56, f. 4 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001840]

Pachystopelma concolor Caporiacco, 1947a: 21 (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002256]

Tapinauchenius gigas Caporiacco, 1954: 50 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002482]

Avicularia violacea Lucas, Silva & Bertani, 1992: 163 (T from Ephebopus)

Tapinauchenius plumipes Schmidt, 1994b: 259, f. 2 (Df)

Tapinauchenius purpureus Schmidt, 1995c: 11, f. 1 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002485]

Tapinauchenius gigas Peters, 2000b: 119, f. 351-353 (mf)

Tapinauchenius gigas Peters, 2003: 293, f. 1160, 1164-1165 (mf)

Tapinauchenius plumipes Peters, 2003: 295, f. 1172 (f)

Tapinauchenius plumipes Schmidt, 2003l: 206, f. 616 (f)

Tapinauchenius purpureus Schmidt, 2003l: 206, f. 617 (f)

Tapinauchenius purpureus Peters, 2005b: 111, f. 353-356 (f)

Tapinauchenius violaceus West et al., 2008: 39, f. 21-22 (f, S of Tapinauchenius purpureus)

Tapinauchenius concolor Bertani, 2012: 29 (Tj from Pachistopelma)

Pseudoclamoris gigas Hüsser, 2018: 73 (T from Tapinauchenius)

Tapinauchenius violaceus Hüsser, 2018: 85, f. 14A-B (chelicerae)

Tapinauchenius plumipes Cifuentes & Perafán, 2020: 110, f. 4.9B (m)

Tapinauchenius plumipes Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022: 35, f. 24-49, 51-62 (mf, S of Pseudoclamoris gigas, Tapinauchenius concolor, T. plumipes and T. violaceus)

Tapinauchenius polybotes Hüsser, 2018 | | Lesser Antilles (St. Lucia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050570

Tapinauchenius polybotes Hüsser, 2018: 78, f. 7A-B, 8A-C, 9A-D (Dmf) Original description

Tapinauchenius polybotes Cifuentes & Perafán, 2020: 110, f. 4.6D, 4.8D (f)

Tapinauchenius polybotes Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022: 52, f. 103-110, 119 (mf)

Tapinauchenius rasti Hüsser, 2018 | | Lesser Antilles (St. Vincent and the Grenadines) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050571

Tapinauchenius rasti Hüsser, 2018: 81, f. 10A-B, 11A-C, 12A-C (Dmf) Original description

Tapinauchenius rasti Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022: 54, f. 111-118, 120-121 (mf)

Tapinauchenius sanctivincenti (Walckenaer, 1837) | | St. Vincent urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002486

Mygale sancti-vincentii Walckenaer, 1837: 216 (Df) Original description

Tapinauchenius sanctivincenti Simon, 1892e: 553

Tapinauchenius sanctivincenti F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896: 745, pl. 34, f. 21

Tapinauchenius sanctivincenti Hüsser, 2018: 86 (species inquirenda)

Tapinauchenius sanctivincenti Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022: 42 (possible older S of T. polybotes and/or T. rasti)