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. Devicarina Peñaherrera-R., Sherwood, Gabriel, Léon-E., Rollard, Leguin, Brescovit & Lucas, 2025 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06434
type Hapalopus akroa Moeller, Galleti-Lima & Guadanucci, 2024; gender feminine (corrected from masculine according to ICZN article 30.1, because carina is a feminine Latin noun) 
Devicarina akroa (Moeller, Galleti-Lima & Guadanucci, 2024) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061632 TYPE SPECIES
Hapalopus akroa Moeller, Galleti-Lima & Guadanucci, 2024: 61, f. 11-18, 53-66 (Dmf) Original description
Devicarina akroa Sherwood et al., 2025f: 5, f. 1B, 4A-C (m, T from Hapalopus)
Devicarina guidonae (Moeller, Galleti-Lima & Guadanucci, 2024) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061633
Hapalopus guidonae Moeller, Galleti-Lima & Guadanucci, 2024: 64, f. 5-8, 10, 67-78, 116 (Dm) Original description
Devicarina guidonae Sherwood et al., 2025f: 5, f. 2A-B (m, T from Hapalopus)

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