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. Satyrex Zamani & von Wirth, 2025 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06343

type Satyrex ferox Zamani, von Wirth & Stockmann, 2025; gender masculine

Satyrex arabicus Zamani & von Wirth, 2025 | | Saudi Arabia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065635

Satyrex arabicus Zamani & von Wirth in Zamani et al., 2025d: 101, f. 4B, F, 5B, F, 8E, 13D, 14D, 15D, 16D, 17D, 18D, 19D, 20G, H, 22D, 23D (Dm) Original description

Satyrex ferox Zamani, von Wirth & Stockmann, 2025 | | Yemen, Oman urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065634 TYPE SPECIES

Satyrex ferox Zamani, von Wirth & Stockmann in Zamani et al., 2025d: 99, f. 4A, E, 5A, E, 6A, D, 7A, D, 8C, 9C, 10C, 11C, 12C, 13C, 14C, 15C, 16C, 17C, 18C, 19C, 20E-F, 21C, 22C, 23C (Dmf) Original description

Satyrex longimanus (Pocock, 1903) | | Yemen urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002243

Monocentropus longimanus Pocock, 1903c: 219 (Dm) Original description

Monocentropus longimanus Smith, 1990c: 43, f. 180-187 (m)

Monocentropus longimanus Schmidt, 2003l: 214, f. 648-649 (m)

Satyrex longimanus Zamani et al., 2025d: 103, f. 6B, E, 7B, E, 8D, 14G, 21D (m, Df, T from Monocentropus)

Satyrex somalicus Zamani & von Wirth, 2025 | | Somalia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065637

Satyrex somalicus Zamani & von Wirth in Zamani et al., 2025d: 111, f. 4D, H, 5D, H, 8G, 10F, 13F, 14F, 15F, 16F, 17F, 18F, 19F, 20K-L (Dm) Original description

Satyrex speciosus Zamani, von Wirth & Just, 2025 | | Somalia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065636

Satyrex speciosus Zamani, von Wirth & Just in Zamani et al., 2025d: 106, f. 4C, G, 5C, G, 6C, F, 7C, F, 8F, 9D, 10D-E, 11D, 12D, 13E, 14E, 15E, 16E, 17E, 18E, 19E, 20I-J, 21E, 22E, 23E (Dmf) Original description