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. Selenobrachys Schmidt, 1999 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00276
type Selenobrachys philippinus Schmidt, 1999; gender masculine
N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Orphnaecus Simon, 1892 by Acuña et al., 2025: 158 (rejecting West, Nunn & Hogg, 2012: 33).
Selenobrachys philippinus Schmidt, 1999 | | Philippines (Negros Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002404 TYPE SPECIES
Selenobrachys philippinus Schmidt, 1999b: 4, f. 1-5 (Df) Original description
Selenobrachys philippinus Schmidt, 2003l: 241, f. 778 (f)
Orphnaecus philippinus West, Nunn & Hogg, 2012: 25, f. 36 (f, T from Selenobrachys)
Selenobrachys philippinus Acuña et al., 2025a: 159, f. 7A-G, 8A-C, 9A-D, 10A-F, 18B, 20B, E, 21G-H (Dm, f, T from Orphnaecus)
Selenobrachys ustromsupasius Acuña, Dumbrique, Ranido, Ragasa, Noriega, Mayor, Florendo, Fadri, von Wirth, Santiago-Bautista & Guevarra, 2025 | | Philippines (Romblon Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064543
Selenobrachys ustromsupasius Acuña et al., 2025a: 166, f. 11A-B, 12A-F, 13A-F, 14A-E, 15B-D, 16A-E, 17A-F, 18A, 19E-H, 21E-F (Dmf) Original description

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