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. Luphocemus Denis, 1960 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04835

type Luphocemus insidiosus Denis, 1960; gender masculine

N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Ischnocolus Ausserer, 1871 by Korba & Opatova, 2026: 7 (contra Korba et al., 2022: 870 and contra Benoit, 1965c: 297, who regarded it as synonym of Harpactirella Purcell, 1902).

In synonymy:

Luphocemus africanus (Ausserer, 1875) = Luphocemus elongatus (Simon, 1873) (Simon, 1889f: 395, sub Leptopelma)

Luphocemus hancocki Smith, 1990 = Luphocemus elongatus (Simon, 1873) (Korba et al., 2022: 870, sub Ischnocolus)

Luphocemus elongatus (Simon, 1873) | | Morocco urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001215

Cyrtauchenius elongatus Simon, 1873a: 32 (Df) Original description

Leptopelma africana Ausserer, 1875: 167 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050796]

Leptopelma elongata Simon, 1889f: 395 (T from Cyrtauchenius, S of Leptopelma africanum)

Leptopelma elongatum Roewer, 1942a: 222

Ischnocolus hancockii Hancock & Hancock, 1989: 36, f. 31 (f; nomen nudum)

Ischnocolus hancocki Smith, 1990c: 127, f. 803-818 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002163]

Ischnocolus hancocki Guadanucci & Wendt, 2014: 394, f. 4A (f)

Ischnocolus elongatus Zonstein, 2018e: 106 (T from Nemesia)

Ischnocolus hancocki Zonstein, 2018e: 107, f. 1-8 (Dm)

Ischnocolus elongatus Korba et al., 2022: 870, f. 6A-L, 7.3A-E, 8.3A-E, 9C-D, 10C-F, 21A-N, 22A-G, 23A-F (mf, S of Harpactirella insidiosa [revalidated by Korba & Opatova, 2026: 9, sub Luphocemus] and Ischnocolus hancocki; figs. belong in part to L. insidiosus per Korba & Opatova, 2026: 9)

Ischnocolus elongatus Lecigne, Moutaouakil & Lips, 2025: 146, f. 90F-M (mf)

Luphocemus elongatus Korba & Opatova, 2026: 7 (T from Ischnocolus)

Luphocemus insidiosus Denis, 1960 | | Morocco urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002073 TYPE SPECIES

Luphocemus insidiosus Denis, 1960c: 186, f. 1 (Df) Original description

Harpactirella insidiosa Benoit, 1965c: 297 (T from Luphocemus)

Luphocemus insidiosus Korba & Opatova, 2026: 9 (T from Ischnocolus, removed from S of Ischnocolus elongatus, rejecting Korba et al., 2022: 870)