List of Theraphosidae species

The family Theraphosidae is divided up into 12 subfamilies, as follows. In 2003, the genus Spelopelma was subsumed into the genus Hemirrhagus, thus subsuming the subfamily Spelopelminae into Theraphosinae.

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Acanthopelminae

Acanthopelminae, first described by Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1897, is a subfamily of small, terrestrial New World tarantulas. This sub-family has only one genus, Acanthopelma, and two species, A. beccarri and A. rufescens, found in Guyana and Central America.

Acanthopelma (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897)

Aviculariinae

Aviculariinae are a subfamily of tropical, tree-dwelling New World tarantulas. They range from the Caribbean to South America. Species from the genus Avicularia are commonly known as "pinktoe" tarantulas. Note: West et al., 2008 consider the genera Heteroscodra, Psalmopoeus and Stromatopelma as members of the subfamily Aviculariinae[1].

Avicularia Lamarck, 1818

Ephebopus Simon, 1892

Iridopelma Pocock, 1901

Pachistopelma Pocock, 1901

Tapinauchenius Ausserer, 1871

Eumenophorinae

Eumenophorinae are a subfamily of old-world tarantulas, mostly from Africa and surrounding regions.

Anoploscelus Pocock, 1897

Batesiella Pocock, 1903

Citharischius Pocock, 1900

Encyocrates Simon, 1892

Eumenophorus Pocock, 1897

Hysterocrates Simon, 1892

Loxomphalia Simon, 1889

Loxoptygus Simon, 1903

Mascaraneus Gallon, 2005

Monocentropus Pocock, 1897

Myostola Simon, 1903

Phoneyusa Karsch, 1884

In addition, some authors place Proshapalopus (a genus found in Brazil, and not in Africa) in this sub-family.

Harpactirinae

Harpactirinae is a group of old-world tarantulas from Africa, though smaller than Eumenophorinae. They are known as baboon spiders for their hairy legs and the thick black scopulae at the end of their feet, which are said to resemble baboons.

Augacephalus Gallon, 2002

Ceratogyrus Pocock, 1897

Eucratoscelus Pocock, 1898

Harpactira Ausserer, 1871

Harpactirella Purcell, 1902

Idiothele Hewitt, 1919

Pterinochilus Pocock, 1897

Trichognathella Gallon, 2004

Ischnocolinae

Ischnocolinae contains spiders from around the world.

Catumiri Guadanucci, 2004

Chaetopelma Ausserer, 1871

Guyruita Guadanucci et al., 2007

Hemiercus Simon, 1903

Heterothele Karsch, 1879

Holothele Karsch, 1879

Ischnocolus Ausserer, 1871

Nesiergus Simon, 1903

Magulla Simon, 1892

Oligoxystre Vellard, 1924

Plesiophrictus Pocock, 1899

Sickius Soares & Camargo, 1948

Ornithoctoninae

The earth tigers of subfamily Ornithoctoninae are a group of old-world tarantulas which are found primarily in Southeast Asia, southern China, and Borneo. This group includes the infamous Chinese bird spider, and species in this sub-family are known for being ill-tempered.

Citharognathus Pocock, 1895

Cyriopagopus Simon, 1887

Haplopelma Simon, 1892

Lampropelma Simon, 1892

Ornithoctonus Pocock, 1892

Phormingochilus Pocock, 1895

Poecilotheriinae

Poecilotheriinae are tree spiders from India and Sri Lanka, some of which are considered endangered. This sub-family contains only a single genus.

Poecilotheria Simon, 1885

P. formosa is the same species as P. nallamalaiensis. P. formosa was described by Pocock in 1899, while P. nallamalaiensis was described by Rao et al. in 2006, making P. formosa the older name and thus the senior synonym, and the valid name. GABRIEL, R. 2010. Poecilotheria nallamalaiensis Rao et al., 2006, a junior synonym of Poecilotheria formosa Pocock, 1899 As found in world spider catalog. http://research.amnh.org/iz/spiders/catalog/THERAPHOSIDAE.html

Poecilotheria Uniformis is believed to be extinct. A live specimen hasn't been sighted since it's discovery by Strand 1913, in Sri Lanka. The species is only known by the single specimen brought back from that expedition. It has since been bleached from nearly 100 years of "preservation" in alcohol.

Selenocosmiinae

Selenocosmiinae. This subfamily consists mainly of tarantulas from East Asia and Australia. Like the East Asian tarantulas in Ornithoctoninae, these are known for their strong venom and defensive disposition. Species of the genus Psalmopoeus do not have urticating hairs, unusual among New World species.

Chilobrachys Karsch, 1891

Coremiocnemis Simon, 1892

Haplocosmia Schmidt & von Wirth, 1996

Lyrognathus Pocock, 1895

Orphnaecus Simon, 1892

Phlogiellus Pocock, 1897

Psalmopoeus Pocock, 1895

Selenobrachys Schmidt, 1999

Selenocosmia Ausserer, 1871

Selenotholus Hogg, 1902

Selenotypus Pocock, 1895

Yamia Kishida, 1920

Selenogyrinae

Selenogyrinae consists of tarantulas from India and Africa.

Annandaliella Hirst, 1909

Euphrictus Hirst, 1908

Selenogyrus Pocock, 1897

Stromatopelminae

Stromatopelminae are tree-dwelling tarantulas from western Africa.

Encyocratella Strand, 1907

Heteroscodra Pocock, 1899

Stromatopelma Karsch, 1881

Theraphosinae

Theraphosinae consists of new-world terrestrial tarantulas with urticating hairs. The majority of spiders kept as pets are of this sub-family.

Acanthoscurria Ausserer, 1871

Aenigmarachne Schmidt, 2005

Agnostopelma Pérez-Miles & Weinmann, 2010

Ami Perez-Miles, 2008

Aphonopelma Pocock, 1901

Bonnetina Vol, 2000

Brachypelma Simon, 1891

Chromatopelma Schmidt, 1995

Citharacanthus Pocock, 1901

Clavopelma Chamberlin, 1940

Crassicrus Reichling & West, 1996

Cubanana Ortiz, 2008

Cyclosternum Ausserer, 1871

Cyriocosmus Simon, 1903

Cyrtopholis Simon, 1892

Euathlus Ausserer, 1875

Eupalaestrus Pocock, 1901

Grammostola Simon, 1892

Hapalopus Ausserer, 1875

Hapalotremus Simon, 1903

Hemirrhagus Simon, 1903

Homoeomma Ausserer, 1871

Kochiana Fukushima, Nagahama & Bertani, 2008

Lasiodora C. L. Koch, 1850

Lasiodorides Schmidt & Bischoff, 1997

Maraca Pérez-Miles, 2006

Megaphobema Pocock, 1901

Melloleitaoina Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1960

Metriopelma Becker, 1878

Neostenotarsus Pribik & Weinmann, 2004

Nesipelma Schmidt & Kovarik, 1996

Nhandu Lucas, 1983

Ozopactus Simon, 1889

Pamphobeteus Pocock, 1901

Paraphysa Simon, 1892

Phormictopus Pocock, 1901

Likely misplaced species Theraphosinae incertae sedis (cf Acanthoscurria), see Rudloff 2008.

Plesiopelma Pocock, 1901

Proshapalopus Mello-Leitão, 1923

Pseudhapalopus Strand, 1907

Reversopelma Schmidt, 2001

Schismatothele Karsch, 1879

Schizopelma F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897

Sericopelma Ausserer, 1875

Sphaerobothria Karsch, 1879

Stichoplastoris Rudloff, 1997

Theraphosa Thorell, 1870

Thrixopelma Schmidt, 1994

Tmesiphantes Simon, 1892

Vitalius Lucas, Silva & Bertani, 1993

Xenesthis Simon, 1891

Thrigmopoeinae

Subfamily Thrigmopoeinae are Indian tarantulas.

Haploclastus Simon, 1892

Thrigmopoeus Pocock, 1899

Other tarantula genera

A few genera are presently not well-classified, and/or have classifications which are disputed.

Brachionopus Pocock, 1897

Gallon (2008) has recently proposed transferring the genus Brachionopus to the family Barychelidae, a proposal which is still disputed.[2]

Cardiopelma Vol, 1999

A genus described by Fabian Vol in 1999, but which has little record in the scientific literature; often placed in subfamily Theraphosinae.

Notes

  1. ^ West, R. C., S. D. Marshall, C. S. Fukushima & R. Bertani. 2008. Review and cladistic analysis of the Neotropical tarantula genus Ephebopus Simon 1892 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) with notes on the Aviculariinae. Zootaxa 1849: 35-58.
  2. ^ Baboonspiders.de, Systematics

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