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. Tandayarachne Peñaherrera-R. & Guayasamin, 2025 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06431
type Tandayarachne sherwoodae Peñaherrera-R. & Guayasamin, 2025; gender feminine
Tandayarachne pijaos (Jimenez & Bertani, 2008) | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041965
Ami pijaos Jimenez & Bertani in Pérez-Miles et al., 2008: 62, f. 22-28, 41 (Dmf f. 29 see Neischnocolus emergens) Original description
Neischnocolus pijaos Pérez-Miles, Gabriel & Sherwood, 2019: 154 (T from Ami)
Tandayarachne pijaos Peñaherrera-R. & Guayasamin, 2025: 17, f. 18A-C (m, T from Neischnocolus)
Tandayarachne sherwoodae Peñaherrera-R. & Guayasamin, 2025 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066378 TYPE SPECIES
Tandayarachne sherwoodae Peñaherrera-R. & Guayasamin, 2025: 16, f. 5A, 6B, 12A-B, 13A-B, 14B, 15A-D, 16 (Dm) Original description

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