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. Tliltocatl Mendoza & Francke, 2020 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04577

Nomina dubia:

Tliltocatl alvarezi (Estrada-Alvarez, Guadarrama & Martínez, 2013: 64, f. 1-6, f, Mexico, originally in Citharacanthus) -- Mendoza & Francke, 2020: 137

Tliltocatl andrewi (Schmidt, 1992c: 13, f. 6-7, m, origin unknown, originally in Brachypelma) -- Mendoza & Francke, 2020: 134

Tliltocatl aureoceps (Chamberlin, 1917: 55, pl. 4, f. 3, f, USA or Mexico, originally in Eurypelma) -- Mendoza & Francke, 2020: 136

Tliltocatl albopilosus (Valerio, 1980) | | Costa Rica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001850

Brachypelma albopilosa Valerio, 1980a: 270, f. 20-24, 35 (Dmf) Original description

Brachypelma albopilosa Hancock & Hancock, 1989: 43, f. 38 (f)

Brachypelma albopilosum Schmidt, 1992a: 10, f. 3-7 (mf, T from Euathlus, there per Raven, 1985a: 150)

Brachypelma albopilosum Schmidt, 1993d: 82, f. 189 (f)

Brachypelma albopilosum Schmidt, 1997g: 19, f. 194 (f)

Brachypelma albopilosum Peters, 2000a: 62, f. 197 (f)

Brachypelma albopilosum Rudloff, 2003: 8, f. 22-25, 37, 40 (mf)

Brachypelma albopilosum Peters, 2003: 105, f. 415-417 (mf)

Brachypelma albopilosum Schmidt, 2003l: 151, f. 266-270 (mf)

Tliltocatl albopilosum Mendoza & Francke, 2020: 131, f. 39H, 40E-F, 43A (mf, T from Brachypelma)

Tliltocatl epicureanus (Chamberlin, 1925) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001860

Eurypelma epicureana Chamberlin, 1925c: 107, f. 5 (Dm) Original description

Dugesiella epicureana Petrunkevitch, 1939a: 254

Brachypelma epicureana Smith, 1993a: 15 (Tm from Eurypelma=Avicularia per Roewer)

Brachypelma epicureanum Smith, 1995: 168, f. 916-925 (m)

Brachypelma epicureanum Schmidt & Bullmer, 1996: 3, f. 1 (Df)

Brachypelma epicureanum Rudloff, 2003: 8, f. 36, 38 (f)

Brachypelma epicureanum Rudloff, 2008b: 29, f. 12-16 (mf)

Tliltocatl epicureanum Mendoza & Francke, 2020: 131, f. 40A-D, 41A-B, 42A-B (mf, T from Brachypelma)

Tliltocatl kahlenbergi (Rudloff, 2008) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041992

Brachypelma kahlenbergi Rudloff, 2008b: 26, f. 1-9 (Dmf) Original description

Tliltocatl kahlenbergi Mendoza & Francke, 2020: 131 (T from Brachypelma)

Tliltocatl sabulosus (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) | | Guatemala urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001865

Eurypelma sabulosum F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897a: 26 (Df) Original description

Delopelma sabulosum Petrunkevitch, 1939a: 253

Brachypelma sabulosum Hancock & Hancock, 1989: 42, f. 37 (Tf from Eurypelma=Avicularia)

Brachypelma sabulosum Schmidt, 1992a: 10 (Tf from Euathlus)

Brachypelma sabulosum Schmidt, 1993d: 82, f. 191 (f)

Brachypelma sabulosum Schmidt, 1997g: 19, f. 196 (f)

Brachypelma sabulosum Piepho, 2001: 3, f. 1 (f)

Brachypelma sabulosum Rudloff, 2003: 8, f. 32-34, 39 (f)

Brachypelma sabulosum Peters, 2003: 124, f. 502, 504 (f)

Brachypelma sabulosum Schmidt, 2003l: 153, f. 282 (f)

Brachypelma sabulosum Rudloff, 2008b: 29, f. 17 (f)

Tliltocatl sabulosum Mendoza & Francke, 2020: 131 (T from Brachypelma)

Tliltocatl schroederi (Rudloff, 2003) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038371

Brachypelma schroederi Rudloff, 2003: 2, f. 3-13, 30 (Dmf) Original description

Brachypelma schroederi Peters, 2005b: 45, f. 144-149 (mf)

Brachypelma schroederi Rudloff, 2008b: 30, f. 26-27 (mf)

Tliltocatl schroederi Mendoza & Francke, 2020: 131 (T from Brachypelma)

Tliltocatl vagans (Ausserer, 1875) | | Mexico, Guatemala, Belize urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001867

Eurypelma vagans Ausserer, 1875: 197, pl. 7, f. 41 (Dmf) Original description

Eurypelma dupontii Becker, 1879d: 143 (Df)

Eurypelma vagans Becker, 1881b: 45, pl. 2, f. 1 (f)

Eurypelma vagans Simon, 1891f: 334, f. 1 (m)

Eurypelma vagans F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897a: 25, pl. 1, f. 9 (mf)

Brachypelma vagans Pocock, 1903b: 103

Brachypelma vagans Smith, 1986b: 51, f. 33h (Tmf from Eurypelma=Avicularia)

Brachypelma vagans Smith, 1987d: 51, pl. 2, f. 33h (m)

Brachypelma vagans Hancock & Hancock, 1989: 49, f. 44 (f)

Brachypelma vagans Schmidt, 1992a: 10, f. 2 (Tmf from Euathlus)

Brachypelma vagans Smith, 1995: 174, f. 957-980 (mf)

Brachypelma vagans Locht, Yáñez & Vázquez, 1999: 196, f. 2, 8 (mf)

Brachypelma vagans Peters, 2000a: 73, f. 239-240 (f)

Brachypelma vagans Piepho, 2001: 3, f. 1 (f)

Brachypelma vagans Rudloff, 2003: 7, f. 14-21, 31 (mf)

Brachypelma vagans Peters, 2003: 127, f. 516-519 (mf)

Brachypelma vagans Schmidt, 2003l: 153, f. 285-286 (mf)

Brachypelma vagans Rudloff, 2008b: 30, f. 21-23 (mf)

Tliltocatl vagans Mendoza & Francke, 2020: 131, f. 39A-G, 43C-D (mf, T from Brachypelma)

Tliltocatl verdezi (Schmidt, 2003) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038372

Brachypelma verdezi Peters, 2003: 129, f. 523-525 (mf)

Brachypelma verdezi Schmidt, 2003g: 6, f. 1-3, 5-6 (Dmf) Original description

Brachypelma verdezi Peters, 2005b: 46, f. 150-155 (mf)

Brachypelma verdezi Rudloff, 2008b: 30, f. 24-25 (mf)

Brachypelma verdezi Gabriel & Longhorn, 2015: 102, f. 14 (f)

Tliltocatl verdezi Mendoza & Francke, 2020: 131 (T from Brachypelma)