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. Xenesthis Simon, 1891 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00292

Transferred to other genera:

Xenesthis cubana Franganillo, 1930 -- see Citharacanthus

Xenesthis avanzadora Sherwood, Gabriel, Peñaherrera-R., Brescovit & Lucas, 2023 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059515

Xenesthis avanzadora Sherwood et al., 2023j: 512, f. 1A-F, 2A-C, 3 (Dm) Original description

Xenesthis colombiana Simon, 1891 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054522

Xenesthis colombiana Simon, 1891f: 333 (Dm) Original description

Xenesthis colombiana Gabriel & Sherwood, 2022: 16 (removed from S of Xenesthis immanis, rejecting Pocock, 1901c: 546)

Xenesthis colombiana Sherwood et al., 2023j: 513, f. 4A-B, 5A-F, 6A-C (m)

Xenesthis immanis (Ausserer, 1875) | | Colombia, Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002506

Lasiodora immanis Ausserer, 1875: 194 (Df) Original description

Xenesthis immanis Pocock, 1901c: 546 (T from Lasiodora, S of X. colombiana; S rejected by Gabriel & Sherwood, 2022: 16)

Xenesthis immanis Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1979: 298, f. 32-38 (mf)

Xenesthis immanis Smith, 1987d: 164, pl. 4, f. 90h (m)

Xenesthis immanis Smith, 1989b: 15, f. 1-3 (m)

Xenesthis immanis Pérez-Miles et al., 1996: 60, f. 51-52 (mf)

Xenesthis immanis Schmidt, 1997g: 20, f. 215-216 (mf)

Xenesthis immanis Peters, 2000b: 137, f. 407-408 (mf)

Xenesthis immanis Bertani, 2001: 337, f. 149-152 (mf)

Xenesthis immanis Piepho, 2001: 3, f. 1 (f)

Xenesthis immanis Peters, 2003: 316, f. 1261, 1265 (mf)

Xenesthis immanis Schmidt, 2003l: 138, f. 215-216 (mf)

Xenesthis immanis Sherwood et al., 2023j: 516, f. 7A-B, 8A-C, 9A-F, 10A-C (mf)

Xenesthis intermedia Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1945 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002507

Xenesthis intermedius Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1945: 188, pl. XIV (Df) Original description

Xenesthis intermedia Sherwood et al., 2023j: 519, f. 11A-F, 12A-C, 13-15 (Dm, f)

Xenesthis monstrosa Pocock, 1903 | | Colombia? urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002508

Xenesthis monstrosus Pocock, 1903b: 93 (Df) Original description

Xenesthis monstrosa Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1979: 298, f. 39-40 (f)

Xenesthis monstrosa Schmidt, 2003l: 196, f. 558 (f)

Xenesthis monstrosa Sherwood et al., 2023j: 523, f. 16-17 (f)