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. Caribena Fukushima & Bertani, 2017 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04379

type Mygale laeta C. L. Koch, 1842; gender feminine

In synonymy:

Caribena caesia (C. L. Koch, 1842, T from Avicularia) = Caribena laeta (C. L. Koch, 1842) (Fukushima & Bertani, 2017: 132)

Caribena rutilans (Ausserer, 1875, T from Avicularia) = Caribena versicolor (Walckenaer, 1837) (Fukushima & Bertani, 2017: 138)

Caribena laeta (C. L. Koch, 1842) | | Puerto Rico, Cuba, US Virgin Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001814 TYPE SPECIES

Mygale laeta C. L. Koch, 1842: vol. 9: 66, pl. 310, f. 732 (Df) Original description

Mygale caesia C. L. Koch, 1842: vol. 9: 83, pl. 317, f. 744 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001814]

Typhochlaena caesia C. L. Koch, 1850: 75

Avicularia caesia Simon, 1892a: 171

Avicularia laeta F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896: 744

Avicularia caesia Petrunkevitch, 1929b: 51, f. 32-35 (f)

Avicularia laeta Petrunkevitch, 1929b: 48, f. 31 (f)

Avicularia laeta Braushausen, 1995: 1 (assumes S of A. caesia)

Avicularia caesia Braushausen, 1995: 1 (assumes S with A. laeta)

Avicularia laeta Peters, 2003: 89, F. 355 (f)

Caribena laeta Fukushima & Bertani, 2017: 132, f. 227-229, 231-243, 310 (Dm, f, T from Avicularia, S of Avicularia caesia)

Caribena versicolor (Walckenaer, 1837) | | Martinique urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001839

Mygale versicolor Walckenaer, 1837: 211 (Dmf) Original description

Avicularia rutilans Ausserer, 1875: 184, pl. 7, f. 34 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001830]

Avicularia versicolor Simon, 1892a: 171

Avicularia versicolor Charpentier, 1992b: no p. or f. numbers (mf)

Avicularia versicolor Schmidt, 1993d: 102, f. 311 (f)

Avicularia versicolor Peters, 2003: 98, f. 394, 396 (mf)

Avicularia versicolor Schmidt, 2003l: 202, f. 587-588; 256, f. 13 (mf)

Avicularia versicolor Peters, 2005a: 13, f. 9 (f)

Caribena versicolor Fukushima & Bertani, 2017: 138, f. 18, 230, 244-255, 306 (mf, T from Avicularia, S of Avicularia rutilans)