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. Anqasha Sherwood & Gabriel, 2022 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05386
type Hapalopus pictus Pocock, 1903; gender feminine
Anqasha lima Sherwood, Peñaherrera-R., Gabriel, León-E., Rollard, Leguin, Brescovit & Lucas, 2025 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066411
Anqasha sp. Kaderka, 2023: 12, f. 8A-F, 9B (f; here per Sherwood et al., 2025f: 16)
Anqasha lima Sherwood, Peñaherrera-R., Gabriel, León-E., Rollard, Leguin, Brescovit & Lucas in Sherwood et al., 2025f: 16 (Df; new name for specimen described by Kaderka, 2023: 12) Original description
Anqasha minaperinensis Kaderka, 2023 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059554
Anqasha picta Sherwood & Gabriel, 2022a: 248, f. 12-21 (f; misidentifed per Kaderka, 2023: 7)
Anqasha minaperinensis Kaderka, 2023: 7, f. 4A-G, 5A-B, 6A-C, 7A-F, 9E-F (Dmf) Original description
Anqasha picta (Pocock, 1903) | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002128 TYPE SPECIES
Hapalopus pictus Pocock, 1903b: 110 (Dm) Original description
Homoeomma pictus Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1973b: 49 (T from Hapalopus)
Anqasha picta Sherwood & Gabriel, 2022a: 248, f. 2-11 (m, T from Homoeomma; f see Anqasha minaperinensis)
Anqasha picta Kaderka, 2023: 4, f. 1A-F, 2A-B, 3, 9A, C-D (m, Df)

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