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. Abdomegaphobema Sherwood, Gabriel, Peñaherrera-R., Léon-E., Cisneros-Heredia, Brescovit & Lucas, 2023 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06098

Abdomegaphobema mesomelas (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892) | | Costa Rica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002228

Eurypelma mesomelas O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892b: 90, pl. 11, f. 8 (Dm) Original description

Eurypelma mesomelas F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897a: 27, pl. 1, f. 14 (m)

Brachypelma mesomelas Valerio, 1980a: 272, f. 29-32, 36 (mf, T from Eurypelma = Avicularia)

Brachypelma mesomelas Smith, 1986b: 50, f. 29h (m)

Brachypelma mesomelas Smith, 1987d: 50, f. 29h (m)

Brachypelma mesomelas Hancock & Hancock, 1989: 45, f. 40 (f)

Euathlus mesomelas Smith, 1991a: 19 (rejected T)

Megaphobema mesomelas Schmidt, 1991b: 11, f. 2 (f, T from Euathlus)

Euathlus mesomelas Smith, 1991b: 18, f. 1-14 (mf)

Megaphobema mesomelas Schmidt, 1992b: 11 (T from Euathlus)

Megaphobema mesomelas Schmidt, 1993d: 91, f. 245-246 (f)

Megaphobema mesomelas Schmidt, 1997g: 19, f. 204 (f)

Megaphobema mesomelas Peters, 2000b: 50, f. 126-127 (mf)

Megaphobema mesomelas Peters, 2003: 230, f. 924-925, 930 (mf)

Megaphobema mesomelas Schmidt, 2003l: 174, f. 420-422 (mf)

Megaphobema mesomelas Gabriel & Longhorn, 2015: 102, f. 16 (f)

Abdomegaphobema mesomelas Sherwood et al., 2023f: 924, f. 171-182 (mf, T from Megaphobema)

Abdomegaphobema mesomelas Gabriel, 2024: 5, f. 1, 7, 12-13 (m)

Abdomegaphobema peterklaasi (Schmidt, 1994) | | Costa Rica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002229

Megaphobema peterklaasi Schmidt, 1994j: 2, f. 1-3 (Dmf) Original description

Megaphobema peterklaasi Schmidt, 1997g: 19, f. 206 (f)

Megaphobema peterklaasi Peters, 2000b: 51, f. 131-133 (mf)

Megaphobema peterklaasi Peters, 2003: 231, f. 931, 934-935 (mf)

Megaphobema peterklaasi Schmidt, 2003l: 174, f. 423-425 (mf)

Abdomegaphobema peterklaasi Sherwood et al., 2023f: 925 (T from Megaphobema)

Abdomegaphobema peterklaasi Gabriel, 2024: 5, f. 1-3, 14-15 (f, in part as peterklassi)