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:

Proshapalopus Mello-Leitão, 1923 = Crypsidromus Ausserer, 1871 (Bertani, 2023b: 105)

Gen. Crypsidromus Ausserer, 1871 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05100

N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Lasiodora C. L. Koch, 1850 by Bertani, 2023b: 105 (contra Pérez-Miles et al., 1996: 52); not a senior synonym of Metriopelma Becker, 1878 (Pérez-Miles et al., 1996: 52, contra Valerio, 1982: 408); considered a senior synonym of Proshapalopus Mello-Leitão, 1923a: 145 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03387] (type P. anomalus Mello-Leitão, 1923 = Crypsidromus isabellinus Ausserer, 1871) by Bertani, 2023b: 105; Proshapalopus was removed from the synonymy of Holothele Karsch, 1879 by Rudloff, 1997a: 12 and Bertani, 2001: 286, contra Raven, 1985a: 157 (sub Stichoplastus).

In synonymy:

Crypsidromus anomalus (Mello-Leitão, 1923, T from Proshapalopus) = Crypsidromus isabellinus Ausserer, 1871 (Bertani, 2023b: 105)

Crypsidromus melloleitaoi (Bücherl, Timotheo & Lucas, 1971, T from Cyclosternum) = Crypsidromus nondescriptus Mello-Leitão, 1926 (Bertani, Nagahama & Fukushima, 2012: 468, after Silva-Moreira et al., 2010: 69, sub Vitalius)

Crypsidromus brevibulbus Valerio, 1980 | | Costa Rica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002182

Crypsidromus brevibulbus Valerio, 1980b: 279, f. 23, 31-32, 49 (Dm) Original description

Metriopelma brevibulbus Schmidt, 2003l: 175, f. 429 (m)

Crypsidromus brevibulbus Bertani, 2023b: 107 (T from Lasiodora)

Crypsidromus carinatus Valerio, 1980 | | Costa Rica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002183

Crypsidromus carinatus Valerio, 1980b: 281, f. 26, 37-38, 52 (Dm) Original description

Metriopelma carinatum Schmidt, 2003l: 175, f. 435 (m)

Crypsidromus carinatus Bertani, 2023b: 107 (T from Lasiodora)

Crypsidromus icecu Valerio, 1980 | | Costa Rica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002195

Crypsidromus icecu Valerio, 1980b: 280, f. 25, 35-36, 51, 59 (Dmf) Original description

Metriopelma icecu Schmidt, 2003l: 176, f. 433-434 (mf)

Crypsidromus icecu Bertani, 2023b: 107 (T from Lasiodora)

Crypsidromus isabellinus Ausserer, 1871 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002196

Crypsidromus isabellinus Ausserer, 1871a: 194 (Df) Original description

Pamphobeteus isabellinus Mello-Leitão, 1923a: 227, 235

Proshapalopus anomalus Mello-Leitão, 1923a: 146, f. 60-62 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002107]

Pamphobeteus isabellinus Bücherl, 1957: 403, f. 85 (m)

Crypsidromus isabellinus Schmidt, 1986: 46, f. 51 (m)

Crypsidromus isabellinus Schmidt, 1993d: 61, f. 46 (m)

Proshapalopus anomalus Schmidt, 1997g: 17, f. 119-120 (m)

Proshapalopus anomalus Bertani, 2001: 289, f. 70-73, 177 (m, Df, T from Holothele)

Lasiodora isabellina Schmidt, 2003l: 173, f. 415 (m)

Proshapalopus anomalus Schmidt, 2003l: 131, f. 152-154 (mf)

Crypsidromus isabellinus Gabriel, 2016: 80, f. 70 (f)

Crypsidromus isabellinus Bertani, 2023b: 105, f. 285-288 (f, T from Lasiodora, S of Proshapalopus anomalus)

Crypsidromus multicuspidatus (Mello-Leitão, 1929) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001942

Phormictopus multicuspidatus Mello-Leitão, 1929c: 91, f. 1-2 (Dm) Original description

Cyclosternum multicuspidatum Bücherl, Timotheo & Lucas, 1971: 123, f. 21-24, 33-34 (m, Df, T from Phormictopus)

Proshapalopus multicuspidatus Bertani, 2001: 288, f. 24, 66-69, 176 (mf, T from Cyclosternum)

Proshapalopus multicuspidatus Schmidt, 2003l: 185, f. 477-479 (mf)

Proshapalopus multicuspidatus Galleti-Lima et al., 2023: 6, f. 4E-F (m)

Crypsidromus multicuspidatus Bertani, 2023b: 106 (T from Proshapalopus)

Crypsidromus nondescriptus (Mello-Leitão, 1926) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002028

Hapalopus nondescriptus Mello-Leitão, 1926a: 319, f. 7-8 (Dm) Original description

Cyclosternum melloleitaoi Bücherl, Timotheo & Lucas, 1971: 125, f. 29-31 (Dm; omitted by Brignoli; according to Silva-Moreira et al., 2010 this name was based on the holotype of Hapalopus nondescriptus, and is therefore a junior synonym of that name, but Silva-Moreira et al., 2010 provided no evidence justifying a placement of the species in either genus) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001941]

Vitalius nondescriptus Bertani, Nagahama & Fukushima, 2012: 468, f. 1-11 (m, Df, T from Hapalopus, S of Cyclosternum melloleitaoi)

Proshapalopus nondescriptus Galleti-Lima et al., 2023: 6, f. 4A-C (m, T from Vitalius)

Crypsidromus nondescriptus Bertani, 2023b: 105 (T from Proshapalopus, by S of the genus)

Crypsidromus puriscal Valerio, 1980 | | Costa Rica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002207

Crypsidromus puriscal Valerio, 1980b: 280, f. 24, 33-34, 50, 58 (Dmf) Original description

Metriopelma puriscal Schmidt, 2003l: 176, f. 431-432 (mf)

Crypsidromus puriscal Bertani, 2023b: 107 (T from Lasiodora)

Crypsidromus rubitarsus Valerio, 1980 | | Costa Rica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002208

Crypsidromus rubitarsus Valerio, 1980b: 281, f. 27, 39-40, 53 (Dm) Original description

Metriopelma rubitarsus Schmidt, 2003l: 176, f. 436 (m)

Crypsidromus rubitarsus Bertani, 2023b: 108 (T from Lasiodora)