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. Acentropelma Pocock, 1901 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04337

N.B.: removed from synonymy with Stichoplastus Simon, 1889 (which itself is a synonym of Holothele Karsch, 1879) by Gabriel, 2016: 84; considered a senior synonym of Pseudoschizopelma Smith, 1995: 186 (contra Pérez-Miles et al., 1996: 46, who regarded it as a synonym of Cyclosternum Ausserer, 1871) by Gabriel, 2016: 84, Pseudoschizopelma revalidated by Gabriel, Sherwood & Longhorn, 2020: 458.

Transferred to other genera:

Acentropelma macropus (Ausserer, 1875) -- see Pseudoschizopelma

Acentropelma sorkini (Smith, 1995) -- see Pseudoschizopelma

Acentropelma gutzkei (Reichling, 1997) | | Belize urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002194

Crypsidromus gutzkei Reichling, 1997a: 49, f. 1-4 (Dm) Original description

Acentropelma gutzkei Gabriel, 2016: 84 (T from Lasiodora)

Acentropelma gutzkei Gabriel, Sherwood & Longhorn, 2020: 457, f. 7-12 (m)

Acentropelma spinulosum (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) | | Guatemala urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002238

Metriopelma spinulosum F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897a: 33, pl. 2, f. 12 (Dm) Original description

Acentropelma spinulosum Pocock, 1901c: 555

Stichoplastus spinulosus Simon, 1903a: 930

Stichoplastus spinulosus Smith, 1986b: 99, f. 108h (m)

Stichoplastus spinulosus Smith, 1987d: 99, f. 108h (m)

Metriopelma spinulosum Rudloff, 1997a: 2, 4 (Tm from Stichoplastus=Holothele)

Acentropelma spinulosum Gabriel, 2016: 71, f. 84 (Tm from Metriopelma)

Acentropelma spinulosum Gabriel, Sherwood & Longhorn, 2020: 455, f. 1-6 (m)