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:

Magulla Simon, 1892 = Tmesiphantes Simon, 1892 (Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2019: 653)

Melloleitaoina Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1960 = Tmesiphantes Simon, 1892 (Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2019: 653)

Gen. Tmesiphantes Simon, 1892 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00290

N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Dryptopelma Simon, 1892 (= Cyclosternum Ausserer, 1871) by Pérez-Miles et al., 1996: 59; considered a synonymy of Magulla Simon, 1892d: 276 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04198] (type M. obesa Simon, 1892) and of Melloleitaoina Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1960: 200 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00249] (type M. crassifemur Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1960) by Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2019: 653; Magulla was removed from the synonymy of Cyclosternum Ausserer, 1871 by Indicatti et al., 2008a: 22, contra Raven, 1985a: 155; Melloleitaoina was removed from the synonymy of Dryptopelma Simon, 1889 by Pérez-Miles et al., 1996: 53.

Transferred to other genera:

Tmesiphantes elegans Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1958 -- see Homoeomma

Tmesiphantes minensis Mello-Leitão, 1943 -- see Plesiopelma

Tmesiphantes montanus Mello-Leitão, 1923 -- see Homoeomma

Tmesiphantes physopus Mello-Leitão, 1926 -- see Plesiopelma

Tmesiphantes serratus Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1958 -- see Homoeomma

Tmesiphantes spinopalpus Schaefer, 1996 -- see Cyclosternum

Nomen dubium:

Tmesiphantes chickeringi Caporiacco, 1955: 278 (j, Venezuela) -- Yamamoto et al., 2007: 977

Tmesiphantes amadoi Yamamoto, Lucas, Guadanucci & Indicatti, 2007 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041562

Tmesiphantes amadoi Yamamoto et al., 2007: 974, f. 9-13 (Dm) Original description

Tmesiphantes amazonicus Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2019 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051993

Tmesiphantes amazonicus Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2019: 659, f. 9-18 (Dmf) Original description

Tmesiphantes aridai Gonzalez-Filho, Brescovit & Lucas, 2014 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047189

Tmesiphantes aridai Gonzalez-Filho, Brescovit & Lucas, 2014: 225, f. 1-8 (Dmf) Original description

Tmesiphantes bethaniae Yamamoto, Lucas, Guadanucci & Indicatti, 2007 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041564

Tmesiphantes bethaniae Yamamoto et al., 2007: 977, f. 21-25 (Dm) Original description

Tmesiphantes brescoviti (Indicatti, Lucas, Guadanucci & Yamamoto, 2008) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041810

Magulla brescoviti Indicatti et al., 2008a: 27, f. 2F-J, 3A-F, 4D-E, 7A-I (Dmf) Original description

Tmesiphantes brescoviti Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2019: 654 (T from Magulla)

Tmesiphantes buecherli (Indicatti, Lucas, Guadanucci & Yamamoto, 2008) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041811

Magulla symmetrica Bücherl, 1950: 1, f. 1-3 (m, misidentified)

Magulla symmetrica Bücherl, 1957: 391, f. 36-36a (m, misidentified)

Magulla symmetrica Lucas & Bücherl, 1973: 244, f. 5-6 (m, misidentified)

Magulla buecherli Indicatti et al., 2008a: 31, f. 2K-O, 7H-I, K-M (Dm) Original description

Tmesiphantes buecherli Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2019: 655 (T from Magulla)

Tmesiphantes caymmii Yamamoto, Lucas, Guadanucci & Indicatti, 2007 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041563

Tmesiphantes caymmii Yamamoto et al., 2007: 974, f. 14-20 (Dmf) Original description

Tmesiphantes crassifemur (Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1960) | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002232

Melloleitaoina crassifemur Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1960: 201, f. 1-3 (Dm) Original description

Melloleitaoina crassifemur Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1973b: 75, f. 45-49 (m; not f, = M. uru)

Melloleitaoina crassifemur Smith, 1986b: 91, f. 69h (m)

Melloleitaoina crassifemur Smith, 1987d: 91, f. 69h (m)

Dryptopelma crassifemur Schmidt, 1993d: 65, f. 93-95 (m; not f, = M. uru)

Melloleitaoina crassifemur Pérez-Miles et al., 1996: 53, f. 29 (Tm from Dryptopelma=Cyclosternum)

Melloleitaoina crassifemur Schaefer, 1996: 24, f. 8-9 (m)

Melloleitaoina crassifemur Schmidt, 1997g: 16, f. 73-75 (m; not f, = M. uru)

Melloleitaoina crassifemur Schmidt, 1999f: 8, f. 17-19 (m; not f, = M. uru)

Melloleitaoina crassifemur Schmidt, 2003l: 126, f. 108-110 (m; not f, = M. uru)

Melloleitaoina crassifemur Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014a: 119, f. 2-6 (m)

Tmesiphantes crassifemur Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2019: 655 (T from Melloleitaoina)

Tmesiphantes crassifemur Pérez-Miles, 2020: 7, f. 1.7a (m)

Tmesiphantes guayarus Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2019 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051995

Tmesiphantes guayarus Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2019: 661, f. 29-35 (Dm) Original description

Tmesiphantes hypogeus Bertani, Bichuette & Pedroso, 2013 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045809

Tmesiphantes hypogeus Bertani, Bichuette & Pedroso, 2013: 236, f. 1, 2A-E, 3-4 (Df) Original description

Tmesiphantes intiyaykuy Nicoletta, Ferretti, Chaparro & West, 2022 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054987

Tmesiphantes intiyaykuy Nicoletta et al., 2022b: 9, f. 2a-b, 3a-h, 4a-e, 5a-g (Dmf) Original description

Tmesiphantes janeira (Keyserling, 1891) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001937

Ischnocolus janeirus Keyserling, 1891: 13 (Dj) Original description

Magulla janeira Pocock, 1895d: 226

Magulla janeira Mello-Leitão, 1923a: 136 (Df)

Magulla janeirus Indicatti et al., 2008a: 33 (Tf from Cyclosternum per Raven)

Tmesiphantes janeirus Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2019: 661 (species inquirenda, T from Magulla)

Tmesiphantes mirim Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2015 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048184

Tmesiphantes mirim Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2015: 152, f. 1-7 (Dm) Original description

Tmesiphantes mutquina (Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014) | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046882

Melloleitaoina mutquina Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014a: 121, f. 7-11 (Dm) Original description

Tmesiphantes mutquina Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2019: 656 (T from Melloleitaoina)

Tmesiphantes nordestinus Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2019 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051994

Tmesiphantes nordestinus Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2019: 660, f. 19-28 (Dmf) Original description

Tmesiphantes nubilus Simon, 1892 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002495

Tmesiphantes nubilus Simon, 1892d: 277 (Dmf) Original description

Tmesiphantes nubilus Simon, 1903a: 920, f. 1078

Tmesiphantes nubilus Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1973b: 76, f. 39-44 (mf)

Tmesiphantes nubilus Schmidt, 1986: 42, f. 21 (m)

Tmesiphantes nubilus Smith, 1986b: 100, f. 110h (m)

Tmesiphantes nubilus Smith, 1987d: 100, f. 110h (m)

Dryptopelma nubilum Schmidt, 1993d: 65, f. 88-90 (mf)

Tmesiphantes nubilus Pérez-Miles et al., 1996: 59, f. 48 (Tmf from Dryptopelma=Cyclosternum)

Tmesiphantes nubilus Schaefer, 1996: 27, f. 5-7 (mf)

Tmesiphantes nubilus Schmidt, 1997g: 17, f. 87-89 (mf)

Tmesiphantes nubilus Vol, 1999a: 13, f. Z (f)

Tmesiphantes nubilus Schmidt, 2003l: 128, f. 123-125 (mf)

Tmesiphantes nubilus Yamamoto et al., 2007: 972, f. 2-8 (mf)

Tmesiphantes nubilus Pérez-Miles & Perafán, 2020: 129, f. 5.3B (m)

Tmesiphantes obesus (Simon, 1892) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001943

Magulla obesa Simon, 1892d: 276 (Df) Original description

Magulla obesa Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1973b: 75, f. 14-15 (f)

Cyclosternum obesum Schmidt, 1993d: 62, f. 50 (f)

Magulla obesa Vol, 1999a: 12, f. N (f)

Cyclosternum obesum Schmidt, 2003l: 156, f. 300 (f)

Magulla obesa Indicatti et al., 2008a: 26, f. 1, 2A-E, 4A-C, 5A-I, 7H, J (f, Dm)

Tmesiphantes obesus Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2019: 657 (T from Magulla)

Tmesiphantes perp Guadanucci & Silva, 2012 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045525

Tmesiphantes perp Guadanucci & Silva, 2012: 144, f. 9-14 (Dm) Original description

Tmesiphantes raulseixasi Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2019 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051992

Tmesiphantes raulseixasi Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2019: 658, f. 2-8 (Dm) Original description

Tmesiphantes riopretano Guadanucci & Silva, 2012 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045524

Tmesiphantes riopretano Guadanucci & Silva, 2012: 141, f. 1-8 (Dmf) Original description

Tmesiphantes uru (Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014) | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046883

Melloleitaoina crassifemur Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1973b: 87, f. 50 (f, misidentified)

Melloleitaoina crassifemur Vol, 1999a: 12, f. O (f, misidentified)

Melloleitaoina uru Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014a: 123, f. 12-21 (Dmf) Original description

Tmesiphantes uru Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2019: 658 (T from Melloleitaoina)

Tmesiphantes uru Pérez-Miles, 2020: 8, f. 1.8a (m)

Tmesiphantes yupanqui (Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014) | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046884

Melloleitaoina yupanqui Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014a: 126, f. 22-29 (Dmf) Original description

Tmesiphantes yupanqui Fabiano-da-Silva, Guadanucci & DaSilva, 2019: 658 (T from Melloleitaoina)