List of Theraphosidae species

This is a list of species within the family Theraphosidae. These are tarantulas, large spiders. This family is divided up into 10 subfamilies, as follows:

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] Species of the genus Psalmopoeus and Tapinauchenius do not have urticating hairs, unusual among New World species.[2]


Avicularia (Lamarck, 1818) [Senior synonym of Eurypelma {C. L. Koch, 1850}, Ancylochiros (Mello-Leitão, 1920), and Avicuscodra [Strand, 1908]]
Type species: Avicularia avicularia

Transferred to other genera:
Avicularia annulipesEuoplos annulipes (Idiopidae)
Avicularia anthracinaGrammostola antracina
Avicularia aureocepsBrachypelma aureoceps
Avicularia bistriataEphebopus murinus
Avicularia borelliGrammostola borelli
Avicularia brunnipesKochiana brunnipes
Avicularia canicepsAphonopelma caniceps
Avicularia conspersaRachias conspersus (Nemesiidae)
Avicularia cyaneopubescensChromatopelma cyaneopubescens
Avicularia deborrii (Becker, 1879)Tapinauchenius plumipes
Avicularia dubiaVitalius dubius
Avicularia duplexAphonopelma duplex
Avicularia embrithesBrachypelma embrithes
Avicularia emiliaBrachypelma emilia
Avicularia epicureanaBrachypelma epicureanum
Avicularia geotomaAphonopelma geotoma
Avicularia guyanaEupalaestrus guyanus
Avicularia hageniAphonopelma hageni
Avicularia helluoAphonopelma helluo
Avicularia hesperaAphonopelma hesperum
Avicularia imperatrixPlesiopelma imperatrix
Avicularia lanceolataAphonopelma lanceolatum
Avicularia latensAphonopelma latens
Avicularia magdalena (Karsch, 1879)Hapalopus formosus
Avicularia marxiAphonopelma marxi
Avicularia mendozaeGrammostola mendozae
Avicularia mesomelasMegaphobema mesomelas
Avicularia minax (Thorell, 1894)Grammostola doeringi
Avicularia muritelaria (Holmberg, 1876)Kukulcani ahibernalis [Hentz, 1842] {Filistatidae}
Avicularia myodesPlesiopelma myodes
Avicularia obscuraAmi obscura
Avicularia pallidaAphonopelma pallidum
Avicularia palmicola (Mello-Leitão, 1945)Iridopelma hirsutum
Avicularia panamensisSericopelma panamense
Avicularia parvaCatumiri parvum
Avicularia parviorLasiodora parvior
Avicularia pulchra (Mello-Leitão, 1933) and Avicularia recifiensis [Struchen & Brändle, 1996]Pachistopelma rufonigrum
Avicularia regina (Chamberlin, 1917)Homoeomma strabo
Avicularia rusticaAphonopelma rusticum
Avicularia sabulosaBrachypelma sabulosum
Avicularia saltator (Pocock, 1903)Eupalaestrus weijenberghi
Avicularia seemanniAphonopelma seemani
Avicularia seladoniaTyphochlaena seladonia
Avicularia serrataAphonopelma serratum
Avicularia smithiBrachypelma smithi
Avicularia spinicrusCitharacanthus spinicrus
Avicularia steindachneriAphonopelma steindachneri
Avicularia stoicaAphonopelma stoicum
Avicularia tamaulipecaClavopelma tamaulipeca
Avicularia tripeppiNhandu tripeppi
Avicularia truncataAphonopelma truncatum
Avicularia vagansBrachypelma vagans
Avicularia vellutinaVitalius vellutinus
Avicularia violaceaTapinauchenius violaceus
Avicularia wacketiVitalius wacketi
Avicularia zorodesIridopelma zorodes


Ephebopus (Simon, 1892)
Type species: Ephebopus murinus

Transferred to other genera:
Ephebopus violaceusTapinauchenius violaceus

In synonymy:
Ephebopus bistriatus (C. L. Koch, 1838) = Ephebopus murinus


Iridopelma (Pocock, 1901)
Type species: Iridopelma hirsutum

Transferred to other genera:
Iridopelma seladonium (C. L. Koch, 1841)Typhochlaena seladonia [Bertani, 2012]

In synonymy:
Iridopelma palmicola (Mello-Leitão, 1945) = Iridopelma hirsutum


Pachistopelma (Pocock, 1901)
Type species: Pachistopelma rufonigrum

Transferred to other genera:
Pachistopelma concolor (Caporiacco, 1947) — Guyana → Tapinauchenius concolor [Bertani, 2012] — Guyana


Psalmopoeus (Pocock, 1895)
Type species: Psalmopoeus cambridgei

In synonymy:
Psalmopoeus maya (Witt, 1996) — Belize = Psalmopoeus reduncus


Tapinauchenius (Ausserer, 1871)
Type species: Tapinauchenius plumipes

In synonymy:
Tapinauchenius purpureus (Schmidt, 1995) = Tapinauchenius violaceus


Typhochlaena (C. L. Koch, 1850)
Type species: Typhochlaena seladonia

Eumenophorinae

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

Anandandiella (Hirst, 1909)
Type species: Annandaliella travancorica

Anoploscelus (Pocock, 1897)
Type species: Anoploscelus celeripes

Batesiella (Pocock, 1903) [Monotypic]

Encyocrates (Simon, 1892) [Monotypic?]

Transferred to other genera:
Encyocrates crinitaBatesiella crinita


Eumenophorus (Pocock, 1897) [Senior synonym of Monocentropella]
Type species: Eumenophorus clementsi

Heterophrictus (Pocock, 1900)
Type species: Heterophrictus milleti

In synonymy:
Heterophrictus mahabaleshwari (Tikader, 1977) = Heterophrictus milleti (Pocock, 1900)


Hysterocrates (Simon, 1892)
Type species: Hysterocrates greshoffi

Transferred to other genera:
Hysterocrates minimusPhoneyusa minima
Hysterocrates severini (Strand, 1920)Phoneyusa bidentata (Pocock, 1899)

In synonymy:
Hysterocrates ochraceus congonus (Strand, 1919) = Hysterocrates ochraceus


Loxomphalia (Simon, 1889) [Monotypic?]

Loxoptygus (Simon, 1903)
Type species: Loxoptygus ectypus

Mascaraneus (Gallon, 2005) [Monotypic]

Monocentropus (Pocock, 1897)
Type species: Monocentropus balfouri

Myostola (Simon, 1903) [Monotypic?]

Neoheterophrictus Siliwal (Gupta & Raven, 2012)
Type species: Neoheterophrictus crurofulvus

Pelinobius'' (Karsch, 1885) [Monotypic?]

Transferred to other genera:
Pelinobius stridulantissimusEumenophorus stridulantissimus

In synonymy:
Pelinobius bettoni (Pocock, 1898), Pelinobius crawshayi (Pocock, 1900), Pelinobius gregori (Pocock, 1897), and Pelinobius rufus (Berland, 1914) = Pelinobius muticus (Karsch, 1885)


Phoneyusa (Karsch, 1884) [Senior synonym of Loxophobema {Simon, 1907} and Umangia (Strand, 1920)]
Type species: Pelinobius belandana

Transferred to other genera:
Phoneyusa bettoniPelinobius bettoni
Phoneyusa celeripesAnoploscelus celeripes
Phoneyusa gregoriPelinobius gregori
Phoneyusa lessertiAnoploscelus lesserti
Phoneyusa muticaPelinobius muticus
Phoneyusa rufaPelinobius rufus

In synonymy:
Phoneyusa severini (Strand, 1920) and Phoneyusa umangiana (Strand, 1920) = Phoneyusa bidentata


Plesiophrictus (Pocock, 1899) [Senior synonym of Ischnocolella {Strand, 1907}]
Type species: Plesiophrictus millardi

Transferred to other genera:
Plesiophrictus bhoriNeoheterophrictus bhori
Plesiophrictus guangxiensisChilobrachys guangxiensis
Plesiophrictus madraspatanusNeoheterophrictus madraspatanus
Plesiophrictus mahabaleshwari (Tikader, 1977)Heterophrictus blatteri (Gravely, 1935)
Plesiophrictus milletiHeterophrictus milleti

In synonymy:
Plesiophrictus satarensis (Gravely, 1915) = Plesiophrictus millardi


Sahydroaraneus (Mirza & Sanap, 2014)
Type species: Sahydroaraneus hirsti

Harpactirinae

Main article: 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)
Type species: Augacephalus breyeri

In synonymy:
Augacephalus nigrifemur (Schmidt, 1995) = Augacephalus junodi


Bacillochilus (Gallon, 2010) [Monotypic]

Brachionopus (Pocock, 1897)
To quote Platnick's World Spider Catalog v. 12.5,[3] "N.B.: transferred here from the Barychelidae by Raven, 1985a: 112; Brachyonopus is an unjustified emendation; Raven's transfer was not accepted by Charpentier, 1993: 5 or Schmidt, 2002a: 12 and 2008: 3, who nevertheless identified no close relatives of the genus among the known barychelids; Gallon, 2002: 204 argued for its inclusion in the Barychelidae but indicated that it "does not fit in any current barychelid subfamily" but later (Gallon, 2010b: 79) considered it a harpactirine.".

In other words, it's taxonomy is in dispute and the many recent workers do not consider it a theraphosid. All are found in South Africa.

Ceratogyrus (Pocock, 1897) [Senior synonym of Coelogenium Purcell, 1902]
Type species: Ceratogyrus darlingi

Transferred to other genera:
Ceratogyrus ezendamiAugacephalus ezendami
Ceratogyrus nigrifemurAugacephalus nigrifemur
Ceratogyrus raveni (Smith, 1990)Pterinochilus chordatus

In synonymy:
Ceratogyrus bechuanicus (Purcell, 1902) and Ceratogyrus schultzei (Purcell, 1908) = Ceratogyrus darlingi
Ceratogyrus cornuatus (De Wet & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1991) = Ceratogyrus marshalli


Eucratoscelus (Pocock, 1898)
Type species: Eucratoscelus constrictus

Transferred to other genera:
Eucratoscelus tenuitibialis (Schmidt & Gelling, 2000)Pterinochilus lugardi

In synonymy:
Eucratoscelus longiceps (Pocock, 1898) and Eucratoscelus spinifer = Eucratoscelus constrictus


Harpactira (Ausserer, 1871)
Type species: Harpactira atra

Harpactirella (Purcell, 1902) [Senior synonym of Luphocemus {Denis, 1960}]
Type species: Harpactirella treleaveni

Transferred to other genera:
Harpactirella flavipilosa (Lawrence, 1936)Pterinochilus lugardi
Harpactirella latithorax (Strand, 1908)Euathlus vulpinus
Harpactirella leleupi (Benoit, 1965)Idiothele nigrofulva


Idiothele (Hewitt, 1919)
Type species: Idiothele nigrofulva

In synonymy:
Idiothele crassispina (Purcell, 1902) and Idiothele leleupi (Benoit, 1965) = Idiothele nigrofulva


Pterinochilus (Pocock, 1897) [Senior synonym of Pterinochilides {Strand, 1920}]
Type species: Pterinochilus vorax

Transferred to other genera:
Pterinochilus breyeriAugacephalus breyeri
Pterinochilus constrictus and Pterinochilus spiniferEucratoscelus constrictus
Pterinochilus crassispinus and Pterinochilus nigrofulvusIdiothele nigrofulva
Pterinochilus junodi and Pterinochilus nigrifemurAugacephalus junodi
Pterinochilus meridionalisCeratogyrus meridionalis
Pterinochilus schoenlandiTrichognathella schoenlandi

In synonymy:
Pterinochilus affinis (Tullgren, 1910), Pterinochilus brunellii (Caporiacco, 1940), Pterinochilus carnivorus (Strand, 1917), Pterinochilus raptor (Strand, 1906), Pterinochilus raveni (Smith, 1990), Pterinochilus sjostedti (Tullgren, 1910), and Pterinochilus widenmanni (Strand, 1906) = Pterinochilus chordatus
Pterinochilus flavipilosus (Lawrence, 1936), Pterinochilus pluridentatus (Hewitt, 1919), and Pterinochilus tenuitibialis = Pterinochilus lugardi
Pterinochilus hindei (Hirst, 1907), Pterinochilus leetzi (Schmidt, 2002), and Pterinochilus mamillatus (Strand, 1906) = Pterinochilus murinus
Pterinochilus mutus (Strand, 1920), Pterinochilus obenbergeri (Strand, 1920), and Pterinochilus occidentalis (Strand, 1920) = Pterinochilus simoni


Trichognathella (Gallon, 2004) [Monotypic?]

Ischnocolinae

Ischnocolinae contains spiders from around the world.


Old World


Chaetopelma (Ausserer, 1871) [Senior synonym of Cratorrhagus {Simon, 1891}]
Type species: Chaetopelma olivaceum

Transferred to other genera:
Chaetopelma adenense (Simon, 1890)Ischnocolus jickelii
Chaetopelma arabicumAvicularia arabica
Chaetopelma gardineriNesiergus gardineri
Chaetopelma longipesHolothele longipes''
Chaetopelma strandi (Schmidt, 1991)Encyocratella olivacea

In synonymy:
Chaetopelma aegyptiacum (Ausserer, 1871), Chaetopelma anatolicum (Schmidt & Smith, 1995), Chaetopelma gracile (Ausserer, 1871), Chaetopelma jerusalemensis (Smith, 1990), Chaetopelma shabati (Hassan, 1950), Chaetopelma syriacum (Ausserer, 1871), and Chaetopelma tetramerum (Simon, 1873) = Chaetopelma olivaceum


Heterothele (Karsch, 1879)
Type species: Heterothele honesta

Ischnocolus (Ausserer, 1871)
Type species: Ischnocolus holosericeus

Transferred to other genera:
Ischnocolus culebraeHolothele culebrae
Ischnocolus decoratus (Tikader, 1977)Chilobrachys fimbriatus
Ischnocolus denticulatusHolothele denticulata
Ischnocolus gracilis (Ausserer, 1871), Ischnocolus jerusalemensis (Smith, 1990), and Ischnocolus syriacus (Ausserer, 1871)Chaetopelma olivaceum
Ischnocolus khasiensisChilobrachys khasiensis
Ischnocolus shoemakeriHolothele shoemakeri

In synonymy:
Ischnocolus adenensis (Simon, 1890) = Ischnocolus jickelii (L. Koch, 1875)


Nesiergus (Simon, 1903)
Type species: Nesiergus insulanus


New World


Some authors still treat this genus as belonging to its own subfamily Acanthopelminae (the grammatically correct spelling would actually be Acanthopelmatinae). However, Rudloff 2001 abolished the subfamily and transferred Acanthopelma to Ischnocolinae (also transferring one former species to the family Barychelidae). Ischnocolinae, with both New World and Old World genera, is an unstable polyphyletic taxon and requires further work, but for now I have moved Acanthopelma to Ischnocolinae following Rudloff.[4]

Acanthopelma (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897)
Type species: Acanthopelma rufescens

Transferred to other genera:
Acanthopelma annaeReichlingia annae [Barychelidae]
Acanthopelma maculatumTrichopelma maculatum [Barychelidae]


Catumiri (Guadanucci, 2004)
Type species: Catumiri petropolium

In synonymy:
Catumiri uruguayense (Guadanucci, 2004) = Catumiri parvum


Guyruita (Guadanucci et al., 2007)
Type species: Guyruita cerrado

Hemiercus (Simon, 1903)
Type species: Hemiercus inflatus

Holothele (Karsch, 1879) [Senior synonym of Euthycaelus {Simon, 1889}, Scopelobates (Simon, 1903), Dryptopelmides [Strand, 1907], and Stichoplastus {Simon, 1889}]
Type species: Holothele recta

Transferred to other genera:
Holothele anomalaProshapalopus anomalus
Holothele asterixStichoplastoris asterix
Holothele cervinaHemiercus cervinus
Holothele culebraeCyrtopholis culebrae
Holothele denticulataStichoplastoris denticulatus
Holothele doeringiGrammostola doeringi
Holothele elusinusStichoplastoris elusinus
Holothele inflataHemiercus inflatus
Holothele kastoniHemiercus kastoni
Holothele lineataSchismatothele lineata
Holothele modestaHemiercus modestus
Holothele obelixStichoplastoris obelix
Holothele obsoletaCyrtopholis obsoleta
Holothele proximaHemiercus proximus
Holothele spinulosaMetriopelma spinulosum
Holothele variegataMetriopelma variegata
Holothele waikoshiemiGuyruita waikoshiemi

In synonymy:
Holothele ravida (Simon, 1889) = Holothele recta


Oligoxystre (Vellard, 1924) [Senior synonym of Cenobiopelma (Mello-Leitão & Arlé, 1934) and Pseudoligoxystre (Vol, 2001)]
Type species: Oligoxystre auratum

Transferred to other genera:
Oligoxystre argentinenseCatumiri argentinense


Sickius (Soares & Camargo, 1948) [Monotypic?]

Ornithoctoninae

Main article: 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. The species in this sub-family are known for being ill-tempered.

Citharognathus (Pocock, 1895)
Type species: Citharognathus hosei

Cyriopagopus (Simon, 1887) [Senior synonym of Melognathus {Chamberlin, 1917}]
Type species: Cyriopagopus paganus

Haplopelma (Simon, 1892) [Senior synonym of Melopoeus {Pocock, 1895}]
Type species: Haplopelma doriae

Transferred to other genera:
Haplopelma chrysothrix (Schmidt & Samm, 2005)Ornithoctonus aureotibialis
Haplopelma costaleOrnithoctonus costalis

In synonymy:
Haplopelma huwenum (Wang, Peng & Xie, 1993) = Haplopelma schmidti


Lampropelma (Simon, 1892)
Type species: Lampropelma nigerrimum

Ornithoctonus (Pocock, 1892)
Type species: Ornithoctonus andersoni

Transferred to other genera:
Ornithoctonus gadgili (Tikader, 1977)Poecilotheria regalis
Ornithoctonus hainanusHaplopelma hainanum
Ornithoctonus huwenus (Wang, Peng & Xie, 1993)Haplopelma schmidti


Phormingochilus (Pocock, 1895)
Type species: Phormingochilus everetti

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.


Chilobrachini


Chilobrachys (Karsch, 1891)
Type species: Chilobrachys nitelinus

Transferred to other genera:

In synonymy:
Chilobrachys decoratus (Tikader, 1977) = Chilobrachys fimbriatus
Chilobrachys jingzhao (Zhu, Song & Li, 2001) = Chilobrachys guangxiensis


Haplocosmia (Schmidt & Von Wirth, 1996)
Type species: Haplocosmia himalayana


Phlogiellini


Orphnaecus (Simon, 1892) [Senior synonym of Chilocosmia {Schmidt & Von Wirth, 1992} and Selenobrachys (Schmidt, 1999)]
Type species: Orphnaecus pellitus

Phlogiellus (Pocock, 1897) [Senior synonym of Neochilobrachys {Hirst, 1909}, Baccallbrapo (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995), and Yamia [Kishida, 1920]]

Transferred to other genera:
Phlogiellus lucubransSelenocosmia crassipes



Poecilotheriini


Poecilotheria are tree spiders, the "Ornamentals" exclusive to India and Sri Lanka (except for P. miranda, which may just barely range into Bangladesh), some of which are considered endangered.

Poecilotheria (Simon, 1885)
Type species: Poecilotheria fasciata

In synonymy:
Poecilotheria bara (Chamberlin, 1917) and Poecilotheria uniformis (Strand, 1913) = Poecilotheria subfusca
Poecilotheria gadgili (Tikader, 1977) = Poecilotheria regalis
Poecilotheria nallamalaiensis (Rao et al., 2006) = Poecilotheria formosa
Poecilotheria pederseni (Kirk, 2001) = Poecilotheria vittata
Poecilotheria pococki = Poecilotheria smithi



Selenocosmiini


Coremiocnemis (Simon, 1892)
Type species: Coremiocnemis cunicularia

Transferred to other genera:
Coremiocnemis brachyramosaPsednocnemis brachyramosa
Coremiocnemis gnathospinaPsednocnemis gnathospina
Coremiocnemis jeremyhuffiPsednocnemis jeremyhuffi


Lyrognathus (Pocock, 1895)
Type species: Lyrognathus crotalus

In synonymy:
Lyrognathus liewi (West, 1991) = Lyrognathus robustus
Lyrognathus pugnax (Pocock, 1900) = Lyrognathus crotalus


Psednocnemis (West, Nunn & Hogg, 2012)
Type species: Psednocnemis davidgohi

Selenocosmia (Ausserer, 1871)
Type species: Selenocosmia javanensis

Transferred to other genera:
Selenocosmia dichromataOrphnaecus dichromatus
Selenocosmia hainanaHaplopelma hainanum
Selenocosmia himalayanaHaplocosmia himalayana
Selenocosmia huwena (Wang, Peng & Xie, 1993)Haplopelma schmidti
Selenocosmia imbellisPsednocnemis imbellis
Selenocosmia nigroventrisPhoneyusa nigroventris
Selenocosmia xinpingPhlogiellus xinping

In synonymy:
Selenocosmia lucubrans and Selenocosmia vulpinus (Hogg, 1901) = Selenocosmia crassipes
Selenocosmia stalkeri (Hirst, 1907) = Selenocosmia stirlingi


Selenotholus (Hogg, 1902) [Monotypic?]

Selenotypus (Pocock, 1895) [Monotypic?]

Selenogyrinae

Selenogyrinae consists of tarantulas from India and Africa.

Euphrictus (Hirst, 1908) [Senior synonym of Zophopelma (Benoit, 1965)]
Type species: Euphrictus spinosus

Selenogyrus (Pocock, 1897)
Type species: Selenogyrus caeruleus

Stromatopelminae

Main article: Stromatopelminae

Stromatopelminae are arboreal tarantulas from western Africa.
"It has come to my attention that correct declination of the Ancient Greek suffix -pelma would mean that the name of this subfamily should technically be spelled "Stromatopelmatinae". Unfortunately, no scientific paper has published this amendation and Stromatopelminae has been used for quite a long time. Until the change is published Stromatopelminae is used on this site, despite the linguistic faux pas."[5]

Encyocratella (Strand, 1907) [Senior synonym of Xenodendrophila {Gallon, 2003}] (Monotypic?)
Type species: Encyocratella olivacea

In synonymy:
Encyocratella gabrieli (Gallon, 2003) and Encyocratella strandi (Schmidt, 1991) = Encyocratella olivacea


Heteroscodra (Pocock, 1899)
Type species: Heteroscodra maculata

Transferred to other genera:
Heteroscodra pachypodaStromatopelma pachypoda


Stromatopelma (Karsch, 1881)
Type species: Stromatopelma calceatum

In synonymy:
Stromatopelma brachypoda (Pocock, 1897) = Stromatopelma calceatum
Stromatopelma straeleni (Roewer, 1953) = Stromatopelma batesi


Theraphosinae

Main article: 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) [Senior synonym of Trasyphoberus {Simon, 1903}]
Type species: Acanthoscurria geniculata

Transferred to other genera:
Acanthoscurria cristataLasiodora cristata
Acanthoscurria dubiaPhormictopus cubensis

In synonymy:
Acanthoscurria abnormis (Ibarra, 1954) = Acanthoscurria insubtilis
Acanthoscurria altmanni (Schmidt, 2003) = Acanthoscurria chacoana
Acanthoscurria atrox (Vellard, 1924), and Acanthoscurria guaxupe (Piza, 1972), = Acanthoscurria paulensis
Acanthoscurria aurita (Piza, 1939), Acanthoscurria pheopygus (Mello-Leitão, 1923), Acanthoscurria pugnax (Vellard, 1924), and Acanthoscurria violacea (Mello-Leitão, 1923) = Acanthoscurria gomesiana
Acanthoscurria brocklehursti (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1896), Acanthoscurria lycosoides (Tullgren, 1905), and Acanthoscurria parvitarsis (Simon, 1903) = Acanthoscurria ferina
Acanthoscurria chiracantha (Mello-Leitão, 1923), Acanthoscurria cursor (Chamberlin, 1917), Acanthoscurria fracta (Chamberlin, 1917), Acanthoscurria parahybana (Mello-Leitão, 1926), and Acanthoscurria rondoniae (Mello-Leitão, 1923) = Acanthoscurria natalensis
Acanthoscurria gigantea (Tullgren, 1905), and Acanthoscurria substernalis (Strand, 1907) = Acanthoscurria sternalis


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

Magulla (Simon, 1892)

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

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. "List of Genera by Subfamily".
  3. http://research.amnh.org/iz/spiders/catalog/THERAPHOSIDAE.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. http://www.exoticfauna.com/tarantulabibliography/Acanthopelma.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. Jacobi, Michael. "Tarantula Bibliography".

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