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. Warmiru Peñaherrera-R., Sherwood, Gabriel, León-E., Rollard, Leguin, Brescovit & Lucas, 2025 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06437

type Lasiodorides longicolli Schmidt, 2003; gender feminine

In synonymy:

Warmiru peruviana (Schmidt, 2007, T from Thrixopelma) = Warmiru longicolli (Schmidt, 2003) (Sherwood et al., 2025f: 15)

Warmiru lagunas (Schmidt & Rudloff, 2010) | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044495

Thrixopelma lagunas Schmidt & Rudloff, 2010: 8, f. 3-10 (Dmf) Original description

Thrixopelma lagunas Sherwood et al., 2021c: 906, f. 43-50, 93-94 (mf)

Thrixopelma lagunas Sherwood & Gabriel, 2024b: 2, f. 5A-B (m)

Thrixopelma lagunas Kaderka & Quispe-Colca, 2025: 9, f. 7C-D, 8G (mf)

Warmiru lagunas Sherwood et al., 2025f: 15, f. 10A-D (m, T from Thrixopelma)

Warmiru longicolli (Schmidt, 2003) | | Ecuador, Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038381

Lasiodorides longicolli Peters, 2003: 224, f. 898, 903-904 (mf)

Lasiodorides longicolli Schmidt, 2003j: 4, f. 1-3, 5-6 (Dmf) Original description

Lasiodorides longicolli Peters, 2005b: 80, f. 255-259 (mf)

Paraphysa peruviana Schmidt, 2007f: 3, f. 1 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041359]

Euathlus peruvianus Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014b: 2414 (T from Paraphysa, nomen dubium, may belong to Thrixopelma)

Thrixopelma longicolli Sherwood et al., 2021c: 908, f. 51-59, 61, 92 (mf, T from Lasiodorides)

Thrixopelma peruvianum Sherwood et al., 2021c: 909, f. 62, 64-66, 68 (f, T from Euathlus, removed from nomen dubium)

Thrixopelma longicolli Sherwood & Gabriel, 2024b: 2, f. 5C-D (m)

Thrixopelma peruvianum Kaderka & Quispe-Colca, 2025: 9, f. 8H (f)

Warmiru longicolli Sherwood et al., 2025f: 15, f. 1A, 11A-D (m, T from Thrixopelma, S of Thrixopelma peruvianum)