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:

Pseudotheraphosa Tinter, 1991 = Theraphosa Walckenaer, 1805 (Bertani, 2001: 316)

Theraphosia Dahl, 1901 = Theraphosa Walckenaer, 1805 (Dahl, 1901d: 52, superfluous replacement name)

Gen. Theraphosa Walckenaer, 1805 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00287

N.B.: for the authorship (Walckenaer, 1805 vs. Thorell, 1870) see Sherwood et al., 2021: 396, Breitling, 2021b published a different opinion; the type species was fixed by Thorell, 1870b, who accepted Walckenaer's authorship; also Schinz, 1823: 115 used the name Theraphosa (unclear if as new or using Walckenaer's name); the mentionings of Teraphosa [sic] by Eichwald, 1830: 73 and Gistel, 1848: 156 belong to Avicularia Lamarck, 1818 (Breitling, 2021b: 30, 31); superfluous replacement name Theraphosia Dahl, 1901d: 52 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05212]; considered a senior synonym of Pseudotheraphosa Tinter, 1991: 6 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04827] (type P. apophysis Tinter, 1991) by Bertani, 2001: 316.

Theraphosa apophysis (Tinter, 1991) | | Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002376

Pseudotheraphosa apophysis Tinter, 1991: 6, f. 1-10 (Dmf) Original description

Pseudotheraphosa apophysis Schmidt, 1993d: 96, f. 284-286 (m)

Pseudotheraphosa apophysis Pérez-Miles et al., 1996: 55, f. 41 (m)

Pseudotheraphosa apophysis Schmidt, 1997g: 17, f. 121-123 (m)

Pseudotheraphosa apophysis Peters, 2000b: 94, f. 271-272 (mf)

Theraphosa apophysis Bertani, 2001: 339, f. 160-163 (mf)

Theraphosa apophysis Peters, 2003: 298, f. 1176, 1181-1182 (mf)

Theraphosa apophysis Schmidt, 2003l: 131, f. 155-159 (mf)

Theraphosa apophysis Rudloff & Weinmann, 2010: 30, f. 28-32, 37, 39 (mf)

Theraphosa apophysis Almeida, Salvatierra & de Morais, 2018b: 647, f. 2A-E (m)

Theraphosa blondi (Latreille, 1804) | | Venezuela, Brazil, Guyana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002488

Mygale blondii Latreille, 1804a: 159 (D) Original description

Mygale blondii Latreille, 1806: 83, pl. 5, f. 1 (Dm)

Mygale blondii Hahn, 1820: 15, pl. 2 (Df)

Mygale leblondii Hahn, 1832: 25, f. 22 (f)

Mygale blondii C. L. Koch, 1842: vol. 9: 91, pl. 320, f. 748 (f)

Mygale avicularia Lucas, 1849b: Atlas 3: 2, Arachnides pl. 2, f. 1, 3-5 (m; misidentified per Walckenaer, 1847a: 517)

Theraphosa blondii Thorell, 1870b: 163

Theraphosa blondii Karsch, 1880d: 844 (Dm)

Theraphosa leblondi Simon, 1903a: 942, f. 1086

Theraphosa leblondi Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1966b: 669, f. 1-8 (mf)

Theraphosa leblondi Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1967a: 487, f. 1-8 (mf)

Theraphosa leblondi Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1979: 297, f. 46-50 (mf)

Theraphosa leblondii Smith, 1989a: 13, unnumbered f. (f)

Theraphosa leblondi Schmidt, 1993d: 98, f. 295-297 (mf)

Theraphosa blondi Pérez-Miles et al., 1996: 59, f. 46-47 (mf)

Theraphosa blondi Schmidt, 1997g: 17, f. 105-107 (mf)

Theraphosa blondi Bertani, 2000: 30, f. 6, 43-44 (m)

Theraphosa blondi Peters, 2000b: 124, f. 363 (f)

Theraphosa blondi Bertani, 2001: 320, f. 14-15, 157-159 (mf)

Theraphosa blondi Peters, 2003: 299, f. 1184-1185 (mf)

Theraphosa blondi Schmidt, 2003l: 129, f. 137-139 (mf)

Theraphosa blondi Rudloff & Weinmann, 2010: 30, f. 21-27, 35, 38 (mf)

Theraphosa spinipes (Ausserer, 1871) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002210

Lasiodora spinipes Ausserer, 1871a: 209 (Df) Original description

Lasiodora spinipes Mello-Leitão, 1923a: 265, f. 95 (f)

Theraphosa spinipes Bertani, 2023b: 109 (T from Lasiodora)

Theraphosa stirmi Rudloff & Weinmann, 2010 | | Guyana, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044496

Theraphosa stirmi Rudloff & Weinmann, 2010: 25, f. 11-20, 34, 36 (Dmf) Original description