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. Cymbiapophysa Gabriel & Sherwood, 2020 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04584

type Metriopelma velox Pocock, 1903; gender feminine

Transferred to other genera:

Cymbiapophysa matildeae Peñaherrera-R., Sherwood, Gabriel & Ghia, 2024 -- see Cyclosternum

Cymbiapophysa seldeni Sherwood & Gabriel, 2023 -- see Cyclosternum

Cymbiapophysa ashily Ghia, Peñaherrera-R., Sherwood & Gabriel, 2024 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060055

Cymbiapophysa ashily Ghia, Peñaherrera-R., Sherwood & Gabriel in Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2024a: 1005, f. 1-2 (Df) Original description

Cymbiapophysa bettycita Peñaherrera-R. & Ghia, 2025 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065384

Cymbiapophysa bettycita Peñaherrera-R. & Ghia, 2025: 268, f. 1-5 (Dm) Original description

Cymbiapophysa carmencita Peñaherrera-R., 2023 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059051

Cymbiapophysa carmencita Peñaherrera-R., 2023: 25, f. 1C, 5A-D, 6B, 7B, 9A-B (Dm) Original description

Cymbiapophysa carmencita Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2024a: 1013, f. 20-21 (m)

Cymbiapophysa carmencita Peñaherrera-R. & Guayasamin, 2025: 4, f. 3A-B, 4A-B, 11A-B (m)

Cymbiapophysa falconi Peñaherrera-R., 2023 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059049

Cymbiapophysa falconi Peñaherrera-R., 2023: 19, f. 1A, 2A-D, 3A-C, 6A, 7A, 8A-C, 9C-D (Dm) Original description

Cymbiapophysa falconi Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2024a: 1013, f. 22-23 (m)

Cymbiapophysa homeroi Peñaherrera-R., 2023 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059050

Cymbiapophysa homeroi Peñaherrera-R., 2023: 23, f. 1B, 4A-D (Dm) Original description

Cymbiapophysa homeroi Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2024a: 1013, f. 24-25 (m)

Cymbiapophysa magna Sherwood, Gabriel, Brescovit & Lucas, 2021 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053292

Cymbiapophysa magna Sherwood et al., 2021b: 840, f. 1-10 (Dm) Original description

Cymbiapophysa magna Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2024a: 1013, f. 26-27 (m)

Cymbiapophysa magna Peñaherrera-R. & Guayasamin, 2025: 7, f. 6E (m)

Cymbiapophysa marimbai (Perafán & Valencia-Cuéllar, 2018) | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050800

Proshapalopus marimbai Perafán & Valencia-Cuéllar, 2018: 202, f. 1, 2A-H, 3A-D (Dmf) Original description

Cymbiapophysa marimbai Sherwood et al., 2021b: 841 (T from Proshapalopus)

Cymbiapophysa marimbai Peñaherrera-R., 2025b: 133, f. 1 (m)

Cymbiapophysa otongachi Peñaherrera-R., Ghia, Sherwood & Gabriel, 2024 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060057

Cymbiapophysa otongachi Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2024a: 1007, f. 8-14 (Dmf) Original description

Cymbiapophysa otongachi Peñaherrera-R. & Guayasamin, 2025: 4, f. 3C-D, 4C, 5B, 11C-D, 12C-D, 13C-D (m)

Cymbiapophysa velox (Pocock, 1903) | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002239 TYPE SPECIES

Metriopelma velox Pocock, 1903b: 113 (Dm) Original description

Crypsidromus velox Petrunkevitch, 1911: 56

Crypsidromus velox Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1973b: 65, f. 51-57 (mf)

Crypsidromus velox Schmidt, 1993d: 61, f. 47-49 (mf)

Metriopelma velox Schmidt, 1997g: 17, f. 108-110 (m, Df, T from Crypsidromus = Lasiodora, contra Raven, 1985a)

Metriopelma velox Vol, 1999a: 12, f. P3 (f)

Metriopelma velox Schmidt, 1999f: 15, f. 25, 29 (mf; N.B.: text uses the combination M. morenii (Holmberg, 1876), listed under Lasiodora)

Metriopelma velox Peters, 2003: 236, f. 955-956, 960-961 (mf)

Metriopelma velox Schmidt, 2003l: 130, f. 140-142 (mf)

Metriopelma velox Peters, 2005b: 83, f. 265-269 (mf)

Pseudhapalopus velox Gabriel, 2016: 88, f. 74 (m, T from Metriopelma)

Cymbiapophysa velox Gabriel & Sherwood, 2020a: 304, f. 3-9 (mf, T from Pseudhapalopus)

Cymbiapophysa velox Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2024a: 1013, f. 30-31 (m)

Cymbiapophysa yimana Gabriel & Sherwood, 2020 | | Peru or Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051732

Cymbiapophysa yimana Gabriel & Sherwood, 2020a: 306, f. 10-15 (Dm) Original description

Cymbiapophysa yimana Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2024a: 1013, f. 32-33 (m)

Cymbiapophysa yumbos Peñaherrera-R., Ghia, Sherwood & Gabriel, 2024 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060058

Cymbiapophysa yumbos Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2024a: 1010, f. 15-18 (Dm) Original description