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. Crypticarachne Peñaherrera-R., Sherwood, Gabriel, León-E., Rollard, Leguin, Brescovit & Lucas, 2025 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06435
type Thrixopelma nadineae Sherwood & Gabriel, 2022; gender feminine
Crypticarachne nadineae (Sherwood & Gabriel, 2022) | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054463 TYPE SPECIES
Thrixopelma nadineae Sherwood & Gabriel, 2022b: 256, f. 1A-D, 2A-D (Dm) Original description
Thrixopelma nadineae Sherwood & Gabriel, 2024b: 2, f. 5E-F, I (m)
Crypticarachne nadineae Sherwood et al., 2025f: 9, f. 5A-E (m, T from Thrixopelma)

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