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:

Ashantia Strand, 1908 = Phrixotrichus Simon, 1889 (Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014b: 2408)

Orthothrichus Karsch, 1880 = Phrixotrichus Simon, 1889 (Simon, 1889a: 222, preoccupied, replacement name)

Homonym replaced:

Orthothrichus Karsch, 1880 -- see Phrixotrichus Simon, 1889 - in Simon, 1889a

Gen. Phrixotrichus Simon, 1889 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04249

N.B.: replacement name for Orthothrichus Karsch, 1880c: 390 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05093], preoccupied in Coleoptera by Peyron, 1856; not a junior synonym of Euathlus Ausserer, 1875 (Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014b: 2408, Pérez-Miles et al., 1996: 54, contra Schmidt, 1996a: 14); considered a senior synonym of Ashantia Strand, 1908b: 759 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05090] (type A. latithorax Strand, 1908 = Phrixotrichus vulpinus (Karsch, 1880)) by Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014b: 2408, contra Gallon, 2005d: 199, who considered it a junior synonym of Euathlus Ausserer, 1875.

In synonymy:

Phrixotrichus chilensis (Molina, 1810) = Phrixotrichus scrofa Molina, 1782 (Schmidt, 1996a: 17, sub Paraphysa)

Phrixotrichus latithorax (Strand, 1908, T from Euathlus) = Phrixotrichus vulpinus Karsch, 1880 (Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2010: 49)

Nomen dubium:

Phrixotrichus vulpinus ater Donoso, 1957: 9 (f, Chile) -- Aguilera, Montenegro & Casanueva, 2022: 66

Phrixotrichus jara Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014 | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047538

Phrixotrichus jara Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014b: 2410, f. 9A-E (Dm) Original description

Phrixotrichus pucara Ferretti, 2015 | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048116

Phrixotrichus pucara Ferretti, 2015b: 253, f. 1-7 (Dm) Original description

Phrixotrichus scrofa (Molina, 1782) | | Chile, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002270

Aranea scrofa Molina, 1782: 215 (D) Original description

Aranea scrofa Molina, 1788: 236 (D)

Mygale chilensis Molina, 1810: 185 (D) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061119]

Mygale rosea C. L. Koch, 1842: vol. 9: 59, pl. 308, f. 728 (m, misidentified)

Mygale chilensis Nicolet, 1849: 332, pl. 1, f. 2 (Df)

Phrixotrichus chilensis Simon, 1896e: 63

Phrixotrichus auratus Pocock, 1903b: 104 (Dmf)

Phrixotrichus scrofa Porter, 1930: 162 (T from Aranea = Araneus)

Phrixotrichus scrofa Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1963: 105, f. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9-10 (mf)

Phrixotrichus scrofa Legendre & Calderón, 1984: 1034, pl. VI, f. 1-10 (m)

Phrixotrichus roseus Schmidt, 1992e: 9, f. 1 (f, misidentified)

Paraphysa scrofa Pérez-Miles et al., 1996: 54 (T from Phrixotrichus)

Paraphysa scrofa Schmidt, 1996a: 17 (S of Phrixotrichus chilensis, removed from S of Phrixotrichus roseus)

Paraphysa scrofa Schmidt, 1997g: 16, f. 69-70, 72 (mf; f. 71 see Thrixopelma pruriens)

Paraphysa scrofa Schmidt, 1998i: 4, f. 1 (f)

Phrixotrichus scrofa Vol, 1999a: 12, f. T (f)

Paraphysa scrofa Schmidt, 1999f: 8, f. 15-16 (m)

Paraphysa scrofa Peters, 2003: 260, f. 1047, 1050-1051 (mf)

Phrixotrichus scrofa Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014b: 2411, f. 10A-D (mf, T from Paraphysa = Euathlus)

Phrixotrichus scrofa Sherwood, Gabriel & Longhorn, 2019: 71 (Phrixotrichus chilensis is probably not a S of P. scrofa)

Phrixotrichus scrofa Montenegro & Aguilera, 2024a: 344, f. 1b-c, 2g, 3g, 4e, 12a-b, 13d-e (mf)

Phrixotrichus vulpinus (Karsch, 1880) | | Chile, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001998

Orthothrichus vulpinus Karsch, 1880c: 390 (Dmf) Original description

Ashantia latithorax Strand, 1908b: 770 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002076]

Euathlus vulpinus Schmidt, 1996a: 14 (removed from S of E. roseus)

Euathlus vulpinus Schmidt, 1996b: 67, unnnumbered f. (mf)

Euathlus vulpinus Schmidt, 1998b: 10, f. 1 (m)

Euathlus vulpinus Peters, 2003: 175, f. 696 (m)

Euathlus vulpinus Schmidt, 2003l: 163, f. 355-358 (mf)

Euathlus vulpinus Gallon, 2005d: 199, f. 5 (f)

Euathlus latithorax Gallon, 2005d: 199, f. 1-4 (f)

Euathlus vulpinus Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2010: 49, f. 1-2 (f, S of Euathlus latithorax)

Phrixotrichus vulpinus Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014b: 2412, f. 10E (f, T from Euathlus)

Phrixotrichus vulpinus Kaderka, 2015: 285, f. 32-33 (m)

Phrixotrichus vulpinus Ferretti, 2015b: 254, f. 8-10 (mf)

Phrixotrichus vulpinus Montenegro & Aguilera, 2024a: 344, f. 2h, 3h, 4f, 12c-d, 13a (mf)