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. Sandinista Longhorn & Gabriel, 2019 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04554

In synonymy:

Sandinista fossorium (Valerio, 1980, T from Brachypelma) = Sandinista lanceolatum Simon, 1891 (Longhorn & Gabriel, 2019: 105)

Sandinista lanceolatum (Simon, 1891) | | Nicaragua, Costa Rica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001741

Eurypelma lanceolatum Simon, 1891f: 335, f. 2 (Dmf) Original description

Eurypelma lanceolatum F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897a: 25, pl. 1, f. 13 (m)

Brachypelma fossoria Valerio, 1980a: 271, f. 25-28 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001861]

Eurypelma lanceolatum Smith, 1986b: 59, f. 74h (m)

Brachypelma fossoria Smith, 1986b: 49, f. 28h (m)

Eurypelma lanceolatum Smith, 1987d: 59, f. 74h (m)

Brachypelma fossoria Smith, 1987d: 49, f. 28h (m)

Brachypelma fossorium Schmidt, 1992a: 10, f. 9-12 (Tmf from Euathlus)

Aphonopelma lanceolatum Schmidt, 1993d: 78 (Tmf from Eurypelma=Avicularia)

Brachypelma fossorium Peters, 2000a: 70, f. 228 (m)

Brachypelma fossorium Rudloff, 2003: 8, f. 26-29 (m)

Brachypelma fossorium Peters, 2003: 121, f. 486, 488-489 (mf)

Brachypelma fossorium Schmidt, 2003l: 153, f. 278-281 (mf)

Sandinista lanceolatum Longhorn & Gabriel, 2019: 105, f. 1-21 (mf, T from Aphonopelma, S of Brachypelma fossorium)

Stichoplastoris fossorius Mendoza & Francke, 2020: 138, f. 45A-D (m, T from Brachypelma; but not regarding, that it is S of Sandinista lanceolatum meanwhile)