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. Chilocosmia Schmidt & von Wirth, 1992 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04825
type Chilocosmia dichromata Schmidt & von Wirth, 1992; gender feminine
N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Orphnaecus Simon, 1892 by Acuña et al., 2025: 150 (rejecting West, Nunn & Hogg, 2012: 23; contra Raven, 2000a: 570, who considered it a junior synonym of Selenocosmia instead).
Chilocosmia dichromata Schmidt & von Wirth, 1992 | | Indonesia (New Guinea) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001909 TYPE SPECIES
Chilocosmia dichromata Schmidt & von Wirth, 1992b: 10, pl. I, f. 1-7 (Df) Original description
Chilocosmia dichromata Schmidt, 1993d: 128, f. 401 (f)
Chilocosmia dichromata Schmidt, 2003l: 237, f. 760 (f)
Selenocosmia dichromata Peters, 2005b: 104, f. 328-331 (f)
Orphnaecus dichromata West, Nunn & Hogg, 2012: 23 (T from Chilocosmia)
Chilocosmia dichromata Acuña et al., 2025a: 150, f. 2A-F, 3A-E, 4A-D, 5A-G, 6A, 20C, F, 21I-J (Dm, T from Orphnaecus)

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