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. Ewok Peñaherrera-R., Sherwood, Gabriel, León-E., Rollard, Leguin, Brescovit & Lucas, 2025 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06436

type Thrixopelma christineae Sherwood & Gabriel, 2024; gender masculine

In synonymy:

Ewok zaratensis (Kaderka & Quispe-Colca, 2025, T from Thrixopelma) = Ewok christineae (Sherwood & Gabriel, 2024) (Sherwood et al., 2025f: 9)

Ewok aycaramba Sherwood, Gabriel, Peñaherrera-R., León-E., Rollard, Leguin, Brescovit & Lucas, 2025 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066409

Ewok aycaramba Sherwood et al., 2025f: 10, f. 8A-C (Df) Original description

Ewok aymara (Chamberlin, 1916) | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001793

Eurypelma aymara Chamberlin, 1916: 201 (Df) Original description

Thrixopelma aymara Fukushima & Bertani, 2017: 125, f. 223-224 (f, T from Avicularia)

Thrixopelma aymara Sherwood et al., 2021c: 903, f. 35-36 (f)

Thrixopelma aymara Kaderka & Quispe-Colca, 2025: 10, f. 9-13, 14A-C, 15A-C, 16A-C, 17A-D, 18A-C, 19-20, 21A-F, 22A-C, 23A-F, 25A-C, 26 (Dm, f)

Ewok aymara Sherwood et al., 2025f: 9 (T from Thrixopelma)

Ewok christineae (Sherwood & Gabriel, 2024) | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060445 TYPE SPECIES

Thrixopelma christineae Sherwood & Gabriel, 2024b: 2, f. 1A-J, 2, 5G (Dm) Original description

Thrixopelma zaratensis Kaderka & Quispe-Colca, 2025: 20, f. 27A-C, 28A-C, 29A-D, 30-31, 32A-B, 35, 36A-B, 37A-C, 38A-C (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065536]

Ewok christineae Sherwood et al., 2025f: 9, f. 6A-E (m, T from Thrixopelma, S of Thrixopelma zaratensis)

Ewok cyaneolus (Schmidt, Friebolin & Friebolin, 2005) | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039509

Thrixopelma cyaneum Schmidt, Friebolin & Friebolin, 2005a: 7, f. 1-5 (mf, nomen nudum, no type depository)

Thrixopelma cyaneolum Schmidt, Friebolin & Friebolin, 2005b: 3 (Dmf) Original description

Thrixopelma cyaneum Peters, 2005b: 113, f. 357-361 (mf)

Thrixopelma cyaneolum Sherwood et al., 2021c: 904, f. 37, 39-40, 42 (f)

Thrixopelma cyaneolum Kaderka & Quispe-Colca, 2025: 7, f. 5, 8E-F (f)

Ewok cyaneolum Sherwood et al., 2025f: 9 (T from Thrixopelma)

Ewok eliseanneae (Sherwood & Gabriel, 2024) | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060446

Thrixopelma eliseanneae Sherwood & Gabriel, 2024b: 4, f. 3A-J, 4, 5H (Dm) Original description

Ewok eliseanneae Sherwood et al., 2025f: 9, f. 7A-E (m, T from Thrixopelma)

Ewok kainae Gabriel, Sherwood, Peñaherrera-R., León-E., Rollard, Leguin, Brescovit & Lucas, 2025 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066410

Ewok kainae Gabriel, Sherwood, Peñaherrera-R., León-E., Rollard, Leguin, Brescovit & Lucas in Sherwood et al., 2025f: 12, f. 9A-C (Df) Original description

Ewok kimraykawsaki (Signorotto, Ferretti, Chaparro, Ochoa & West, 2025) | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064357

Thrixopelma kimraykawsaki Signorotto et al., 2025: 111, f. 4A-B, 5A-B, 6A-C, 7A-F, 8A-D (Dmf) Original description

Ewok kimraykawsaki Sherwood et al., 2025f: 10 (T from Thrixopelma)

Ewok pruriens (Schmidt, 1998) | | Peru, not Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002490

Paraphysa scrofa Schmidt, 1997g: 16, f. 71 (f; misidentified per Schmidt, 1999f: 9)

Thrixopelma pruriens Schmidt, 1998h: 16, f. 71 (f)

Thrixopelma pruriens Schmidt, 1998i: 6, f. 2 (Df) Original description

Thrixopelma pruriens Schmidt & Antonelli, 1999: 22, f. 8-17 (Dm)

Thrixopelma pruriens Vol, 1999a: 13, f. ZZ (f)

Thrixopelma pruriens Peters, 2000b: 126, f. 367-369 (mf)

Thrixopelma pruriens Peters, 2003: 303, f. 1197-1198, 1202 (mf)

Thrixopelma pruriens Schmidt, 2003l: 191, f. 522-524 (mf)

Thrixopelma pruriens Sherwood et al., 2021c: 912, f. 73, 75, 77-81, 83, 85-88 (f)

Thrixopelma pruriens Aguilera, Montenegro & Casanueva, 2022: 68, f. 2A-E (mf)

Thrixopelma pruriens Kaderka & Quispe-Colca, 2025: 8, f. 6A-B, 7A-B, 8C-D (mf)

Ewok pruriens Sherwood et al., 2025f: 10 (T from Thrixopelma)