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. Cilantica Mirza, 2024 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06226
type Cilantica agasthyaensis Mirza, 2024; gender masculine

In synonymy:

Cilantica psychedelicus (Sanap & Mirza, 2014, T from Thrigmopoeus) = Cilantica devamatha (Prasanth & Sunil Jose, 2014) (Sankaran & Sebastian, 2018b: 82, sub Haploclastus)

Cilantica agasthyaensis Mirza, 2024 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063465 TYPE SPECIES
Cilantica agasthyaensis Mirza, 2024: 190, f. 2, 3A-B, 4A-D, 5A-C (Df) Original description
Cilantica devamatha (Prasanth & Sunil Jose, 2014) | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046891
Haploclastus devamatha Prasanth & Sunil Jose, 2014: 495, f. 1, 2A-I, 3A-D, 4A-D (Df) Original description
Thrigmopoeus psychedelicus Sanap & Mirza, 2014: 481, f. 1, 2a-d, 3a-c, e, 4 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047086]
Haploclastus devamatha Sunil Jose, 2017b: 6, f. 1C, 4A (f)
Haploclastus devamatha Sankaran & Sebastian, 2018b: 82, f. 1A-B, 2A-B (f, S of Thrigmopoeus psychedelicus)
Haploclastus devamatha Mirza, 2024: 200 (nomen nudum, not accepted here: the journal is not online only, type deposition is given, type numbers are not required)
Cilantica phsycadelicus Mirza, 2024: 200 (lapsus, T from Haploclastus, removed from S of H. devamatha, rejecting Sankaran & Sebastian, 2018b: 82; not accepted here, see note above)
Cilantica kayi (Gravely, 1915) | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002039
Haploclastus kayi Gravely, 1915: 278 (Df) Original description
Haploclastus kayi Sunil Jose, 2017b: 6, f. 1A-B, 2A-F, 3A-B, 4B, 5A-G (f)
Cilantica kayi Mirza, 2024: 196, f. 7A-B, 8A-B, 9A-B, 10A-C (f, T from Haploclastus)

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