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. Typhochlaena C. L. Koch, 1850 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04211

type Mygale seladonia C. L. Koch, 1841; gender feminine

N.B.: type species designated by Mello-Leitão, 1923a: 332; removed from the synonymy of Iridopelma Pocock, 1901 by Bertani, 2012: 12 (contra Smith, 1993b: 13, who removed it from the synonym of Avicularia Lamarck, 1818 by Simon, 1892a: 171).

Typhochlaena amma Bertani, 2012 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045508

Typhochlaena amma Bertani, 2012: 23, f. 8-11, 24 (Dmf) Original description

Typhochlaena amma Andre, 2020: 39, f. 19 (m habitus)

Typhochlaena chapadensis Bertani, Antunes & Gallão, 2025 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065509

Typhochlaena chapadensis Bertani, Antunes & Gallão, 2025: 103, f. 1-17 (Dm) Original description

Typhochlaena costae Bertani, 2012 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045509

Typhochlaena costae Bertani, 2012: 25, f. 12-15, 25 (Dmf) Original description

Typhochlaena costae Andre & Hüsser, 2018: 16, f. 3b, 22a, 27 (f)

Typhochlaena costae Andre, 2020: 22, f. 1-3, 7, 14 (f, m habitus)

Typhochlaena curumim Bertani, 2012 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045506

Typhochlaena curumim Bertani, 2012: 20, f. 6, 26 (Df) Original description

Typhochlaena curumim Andre, 2020: 38, f. 18 (f habitus)

Typhochlaena curumim Fukushima, Cardoso & Bertani, 2020: 127, f. 1-11 (Dm)

Typhochlaena paschoali Bertani, 2012 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045507

Typhochlaena paschoali Bertani, 2012: 21, f. 7, 27 (Df) Original description

Typhochlaena seladonia (C. L. Koch, 1841) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002156 TYPE SPECIES

Mygale seladonia C. L. Koch, 1841b: 39, pl. 300, f. 716 (Df) Original description

Typhochlaena seladonia C. L. Koch, 1850: 75

Avicularia seladonia Simon, 1892a: 171 (in part)

Typhochlaena seladonia Mello-Leitão, 1923a: 335, f. 191-193 (m, misidentified per Almeida-Silva et al., 2008: 731)

Iridopelma seladonia Smith, 1993b: 15 (Tmf from Avicularia)

Iridopelma seladonium Almeida-Silva et al., 2008: 729, f. 1-19 (f, Dm)

Typhochlaena seladonia Bertani, 2012: 17, f. 1-5, 16-23 (mf)

Typhochlaena seladonia Andre & Hüsser, 2016: 4, f. 1, 14a-c, 17-18, 23, 27, 29a-b (f)

Typhochlaena seladonia Andre & Hüsser, 2018: 6, f. 1, 3a, 19, 20b-d (mf habitus)

Typhochlaena seladonia Andre, 2020: 38, f. 16 (f habitus)