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. Amazonius Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04798

type Tapinauchenius elenae Schmidt, 1994, gender masculine

In synonymy:

Amazonius burgessi (Hüsser, 2018) = Amazonius subcaeruleus (Bauer & Antonelli, 1997) (Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025c: 493)

Amazonius elenae (Schmidt, 1994) | | Ecuador, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002481 TYPE SPECIES

Tapinauchenius elenae Schmidt, 1994b: 258, f. 1 (Df; N.B.: nomen nudum per Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022: 105, but the description conforms to ICZN Article 13) Original description

Tapinauchenius elenae Schmidt, 1994h: 1, f. 1-2 (Dm)

Tapinauchenius elenae Schmidt, 2003l: 206, f. 609-611 (mf)

Tapinauchenius elenae Auer, Huber & Bochtler, 2007: 21, f. 29-31, 47 (f)

Tapinauchenius elenae Samm & Schmidt, 2008: 14, f. 8-10 (mf)

Pseudoclamoris elenae Hüsser, 2018: 73, f. 13A (habitus) (T from Tapinauchenius)

Pseudoclamoris elenae Cifuentes & Perafán, 2020: 109, f. 4.8F (f)

Amazonius elenae Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022: 99, f. 311-344, 353-354 (mf, T from Pseudoclamoris)

Amazonius germani Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022 | | French Guiana, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053808

Tapinauchenius gigas Schmidt, 1994e: 2, f. 1-3 (mf; misidentified per Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022: 115)

Tapinauchenius gigas Schmidt, 2003l: 206, f. 612-614 (mf; misidentified per Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022: 115)

Tapinauchenius gigas Auer, Huber & Bochtler, 2007: 23, f. 5, 33-34, 48 (f; misidentified per Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022: 115)

Pseudoclamoris gigas Hüsser, 2018: 73, f. 13B (habitus; misidentified per Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022: 115)

Pseudoclamoris gigas Cifuentes & Perafán, 2020: 109, f. 4.4C-D, 4.6C, 4.8E (f; misidentified per Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022: 115)

Amazonius germani Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022: 115, f. 360-361, 398-417 (Dmf) Original description

Amazonius giovaninii Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053807

Amazonius giovaninii Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022: 111, f. 357-359, 364-397 (Dmf) Original description

Amazonius subcaeruleus (Bauer & Antonelli, 1997) | | Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela? urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002487

Tapinauchenius subcaeruleus Bauer & Antonelli, 1997: 429, f. 1-3 (Df) Original description

Tapinauchenius subcaeruleus Peters, 2000b: 122, f. 359 (f)

Tapinauchenius subcaeruleus Peters, 2003: 296, f. 1175 (f)

Tapinauchenius subcaeruleus Schmidt, 2003l: 206, f. 618 (f)

Tapinauchenius subcaeruleus Auer, Huber & Bochtler, 2007: 33, f. 42-46, 51 (f)

Pseudoclamoris burgessi Hüsser, 2018: 74, f. 4A-B, 5A-C, 6A-C (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050569]

Tapinauchenius subcaeruleus Hüsser, 2018: 88 (nomen dubium)

Amazonius burgessi Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022: 106, f. 345-352, 355-356, 362-363 (mf, T from Pseudoclamoris)

Amazonius subcaeruleus Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025c: 493, f. 1A-F, 2A-B, 3A-D, 4A-E, 5A-B, 6 (Dm, f, T from Tapinauchenius, removed from nomen dubium, S of Pseudoclamoris burgessi)