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. Caribothele Sherwood, Gabriel, Peñaherrera-R., Rollard, Leguin & Privet, 2025 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06429

type Ischnocolus culebrae Petrunkevitch, 1929; gender feminine

Caribothele culebrae (Petrunkevitch, 1929) | | Puerto Rico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002109 TYPE SPECIES

Ischnocolus culebrae Petrunkevitch, 1929b: 31, f. 18-24 (Df) Original description

Holothele culebrae Rudloff, 1997a: 8, f. 23 (f, T from Ischnocolus)

Holothele aff. culebrae Guadanucci, 2020: 88, f. 3.4F-J, 3.5O (mf)

Caribothele culebrae Sherwood et al., 2025e: 102, f. 1A-K, 2A-F, 3A-D, 4A-B (Dm, f, T from Holothele)

Caribothele denticulata (Franganillo, 1930) | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002110

Ischnoculus denticulatus Franganillo, 1930: 5 (Df) Original description

Ischnocolus denticularis Roewer, 1942a: 235

Holothele denticulata Rudloff, 1997a: 9, f. 5-7 (Dm, f, T from Ischnocolus)

Holothele denticulata Peters, 2000b: 26, f. 49-51 (mf)

Holothele denticulata Peters, 2003: 202, f. 815, 818-819 (mf)

Caribothele denticulata Sherwood et al., 2025e: 107 (T from Holothele)

Holothele denticulata Beratz et al., 2026: 275, f. 1B (m)

Caribothele maddeni (Esposito & Agnarsson, 2014) | | Dominican Rep. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047258

Trichopelma maddeni Esposito & Agnarsson in Bloom et al., 2014: 152, f. 3a-g (Df) Original description

Holothele maddeni Mori & Bertani, 2020: 123 (T from Trichopelma)

Caribothele maddeni Sherwood et al., 2025e: 108 (T from Holothele)

Caribothele shoemakeri (Petrunkevitch, 1926) | | US Virgin Islands (St. Thomas) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002118

Ischnocolus shoemakeri Petrunkevitch, 1926: 36, f. 2-3 (Df) Original description

Holothele shoemakeri Rudloff, 1997a: 11 (T from Ischnocolus)

Caribothele shoemakeri Sherwood et al., 2025e: 109 (T from Holothele)

Holothele aff. shoemakeri Beratz et al., 2026: 27, f. 1A (m)

Caribothele sulfurensis (Maréchal, 2005) | | Guadeloupe urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039501

Holothele sulfurensis Maréchal, 2005: 212, f. 1A-D, 2A-B, 3A-B, 4A-B (Dmf) Original description

Caribothele sulfurensis Sherwood et al., 2025e: 107, f. 5A-H, 6A-E (m, T from Holothele)