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. Euthycaelus Simon, 1889 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04193

type Euthycaelus colonica Simon, 1889; gender masculine

N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Holothele Karsch, 1879 by Guadanucci & Weinmann, 2014: 276 (after Rudloff, 1997a: 7, contra Raven, 1985a: 153).

Transferred to other genera:

Euthycaelus doeringi (Holmberg, 1881) -- see Grammostola

Euthycaelus steini Simon, 1889 -- see Trichopelma

In synonymy:

Euthycaelus cervinus (Simon, 1889) = Euthycaelus colonica Simon, 1889 (Guadanucci & Weinmann, 2014: 276)

Euthycaelus amandae Guadanucci & Weinmann, 2014 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046899

Euthycaelus amandae Guadanucci & Weinmann, 2014: 280, f. 3A-H (Dmf) Original description

Euthycaelus amandae Sherwood & Gabriel, 2022c: 3, f. 5 (f)

Euthycaelus astutus (Simon, 1889) | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001616

Stothis astuta Simon, 1889m: 199 (Df) Original description

Stothis astuta Schenkel, 1953a: 5, f. 5 (m)

Euthycaelus astutus Mori & Bertani, 2020: 115, f. 311-316 (f, T from Trichopelma)

Euthycaelus colonica Simon, 1889 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002108 TYPE SPECIES

Hapalopus cervinus Simon, 1889m: 209 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002084]

Euthycaelus colonica Simon, 1889m: 200 (Df; specific epithet is a noun) Original description

Hemiercus cervinus Simon, 1903a: 929

Hemiercus cervinus Rudloff, 1997a: 14 (Tf from Holothele, contra Raven, 1985a)

Euthycaelus colonicus Guadanucci & Weinmann, 2014: 276, f. 1A-H (Dm, f, S of Hapalopus cervinus)

Euthycaelus colonica Guadanucci, 2020: 81, f. 3.1A-E, 3.5A-B (mf)

Euthycaelus colonicus Sherwood & Gabriel, 2022c: 3, f. 3 (f)

Euthycaelus cunampia Echeverri, Gómez Torres, Pinel & Perafán, 2023 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058315

Euthycaelus cunampia Echeverri et al., 2023: 73, f. 20, 21A-D, 22A-G (Dm) Original description

Euthycaelus guane Valencia-Cuellar, Perafán & Guadanucci, 2019 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050853

Euthycaelus guane Valencia-Cuellar, Perafán & Guadanucci in Valencia-Cuéllar et al., 2019: 552, f. 1-8 (Dm) Original description

Euthycaelus janae Sherwood & Gabriel, 2022 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056010

Euthycaelus janae Sherwood & Gabriel, 2022c: 2, f. 1-2 (Df) Original description

Euthycaelus norae Guadanucci & Weinmann, 2014 | | Colombia, Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046898

Euthycaelus norae Guadanucci & Weinmann, 2014: 278, f. 2A-H (Dmf) Original description

Euthycaelus norae Sherwood & Gabriel, 2022c: 3, f. 4 (f)

Euthycaelus quinteroi Gabriel & Sherwood, 2022 | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054526

Euthycaelus quinteroi Gabriel & Sherwood, 2022: 7, f. 7-15 (Dmf) Original description

Euthycaelus quinteroi Sherwood & Gabriel, 2022c: 3, f. 6 (f)