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. Omothymus Thorell, 1891 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04320

type Omothymus schioedtei Thorell, 1891; gender masculine

N.B.: synonymized with Cyriopagopus by Simon, 1903a: 946, removed from synonym by Smith & Jacobi, 2015: 29.

In synonymy:

Omothymus thorelli Simon, 1901 = Omothymus schioedtei Thorell, 1891 (Gabriel & Sherwood, 2019c: 140)

Omothymus fuchsi (Strand, 1906) | | Indonesia (Sumatra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002325

Phormingochilus fuchsi Strand, 1906c: 6 (Df) Original description

Phormingochilus fuchsi Smith, 1994: 22, f. 16 (f)

Phormingochilus fuchsi Schmidt, 2003l: 253, f. 836 (f)

Omothymus fuchsi Gabriel & Sherwood, 2019c: 139 (T from Phormingochilus)

Omothymus rafni Gabriel & Sherwood, 2019 | | Indonesia (Sumatra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051361

Omothymus rafni Gabriel & Sherwood, 2019c: 139, f. 1-8 (Dm) Original description

Omothymus schioedtei Thorell, 1891 | | Thailand, Malaysia (peninsula) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001961 TYPE SPECIES

Omothymus schioedtei Thorell, 1891: 11 (Dm) Original description

Omothymus schioedtei Pocock, 1895a: 180 (Df)

Omothymus thorelli Simon, 1901k: 45 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001962]

Cyriopagopus schioedtei Simon, 1903a: 946

Cyriopagopus thorelli Simon, 1903a: 946

Lampropelma violaceopedes Abraham, 1924: 1108, pl. 5, f. 23-24 (m; misidentified per Gabriel & Sherwood, 2019c: 140)

Cyriopagopus thorelli Schmidt & Tesmoingt, 2003: 3, f. 1-10 (m)

Cyriopagopus thorelli Schmidt, 2003l: 249, f. 807-808 (m)

Omothymus schioedtei Smith & Jacobi, 2015: 28, f. 1-2 (m, T from Cyriopagopus)

Omothymus thorelli Smith & Jacobi, 2015: 28 (T from Cyriopagopus)

Omothymus schioedtei Gabriel & Sherwood, 2019c: 140 (S of Omothymus thorelli)

Omothymus schioedtei Phoorahong, Krityahun & von Wirth, 2025: 20, f. 7-9, 10a-b, 11-16 (f)

Omothymus violaceopes (Abraham, 1924) | | Malaysia (peninsula), Singapore urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002179

Lampropelma violaceopedes Abraham, 1924: 1108, pl. 5, f. 19-22 (Df; m see Omothymus schioedtei; specific epithets cannot be plural) Original description

Lampropelma violaceopedes Smith, 1990a: 14, f. 1-15 (mf)

Lampropelma violaceopes Schmidt, 2003l: 252, f. 826-830 (mf)

Omothymus violaceopes Smith & Jacobi, 2015: 29 (T from Lampropelma; not followed here, because not sufficiently justified)

Omothymus violaceopes Gabriel & Sherwood, 2019c: 140, f. 20-21 (m, T from Lampropelma)