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. Colombiarachne Sherwood, Gabriel, Peñaherrera-R., Guerrero-Campoverde, León-E., Mora-Bolaños, Ríos-Tamayo & Cisneros-Heredia, 2025 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06427
type Colombiarachne dianae Sherwood, Gabriel & Peñaherrera-R., 2025; gender feminine
Colombiarachne dianae Sherwood, Gabriel & Peñaherrera-R., 2025 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066322 TYPE SPECIES
Colombiarachne dianae Sherwood, Gabriel & Peñaherrera-R. in Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025b: 469, f. 10A-D, 11A-C (Dm) Original description

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