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. Selenogyrus Pocock, 1897 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00278

type Selenogyrus caeruleus Pocock, 1897; gender masculine

Nomen dubium:

Selenogyrus brunneus Strand, 1907a: 552, Strand, 1907f: 210 (f, West Africa) -- Nentwig et al., 2020: 26

Selenogyrus africanus (Simon, 1887) | | Ivory Coast urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002439

Hapalopus africanus Simon, 1887a: 275 (Df) Original description

Selenogyrus africanus Pocock, 1897b: 774

Selenogyrus aureus Pocock, 1897 | | Sierra Leone, Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002440

Selenogyrus aureus Pocock, 1897b: 768, pl. 41, f. 2 (Dm) Original description

Selenogyrus aureus Hirst, 1908: 402, f. 1 (m mandible)

Selenogyrus aureus Smith, 1987d: 98, f. 100h (m)

Selenogyrus aureus Smith, 1990c: 138, f. 892-911 (m)

Selenogyrus aureus Schmidt, 1993d: 58, f. 35 (m)

Selenogyrus aureus Schmidt, 2003l: 116, f. 63 (m)

Selenogyrus aureus Sherwood, Henrard & Van Den Spiegel, 2024: 44, f. 8A-D (m)

Selenogyrus austini Smith, 1990 | | Sierra Leone urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002441

Selenogyrus austinius Smith, 1990c: 139, f. 912-929 (Df; patronym for Mr. E. E. Austin) Original description

Selenogyrus austinius Schmidt, 1993d: 58, f. 34 (f)

Selenogyrus austini Schmidt, 2003l: 116, f. 64 (f)

Selenogyrus caeruleus Pocock, 1897 | | Sierra Leone urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002443 TYPE SPECIES

Selenogyrus caeruleus Pocock, 1897b: 768 (Df) Original description

Selenogyrus caeruleus Smith, 1990c: 140, f. 930-946 (f)

Selenogyrus foordi Sherwood, Henrard & Van Den Spiegel, 2024 | | Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061876

Selenogyrus foordi Sherwood, Henrard & Van Den Spiegel, 2024: 39, f. 1A-B, 2A-I, 3A-D, 4A-F, 5A-F, 6A-C, 7A-E (Dmf) Original description