Theraphosidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Theraphosoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Mygalomorphae Superfamilia: Theraphosoidea

Familia: Theraphosidae
Subfamiliae (13 + 1†): Acanthopelminae – Aviculariinae – Eumenophorinae – Harpactirinae – Ischnocolinae – Ornithoctoninae – Psalmopoeinae – Schismatothelinae – Selenocosmiinae – Selenogyrinae – Stromatopelminae – Theraphosinae – Thrigmopoeinae – †Protertheraphosinae

Unaccepted subfamiliae (1): Poecilotheriinae

Overview of genera

Acanthopelma – Acanthoscurria – Aenigmarachne – Agnostopelma – Aguapanela – Ami – Annandaliella – Anoploscelus – Aphonopelma – Augacephalus – Avicularia – Bacillochilus – Batesiella – Bermejoa – Birupes – Bonnetina – Brachionopus – Brachypelma – Bumba – Cardiopelma – Catanduba – Catumiri – Ceratogyrus – Chaetopelma – Chilobrachys – Chromatopelma – Citharacanthus – Citharognathus – Clavopelma – Coremiocnemis – Cotztetlana – Crassicrus – Cubanana – Cyclosternum – Cyriocosmus – Cyriopagopus – Cyrtopholis – Davus – Dolichothele Encyocratella – Encyocrates – Ephebopus – Euathlus – Eucratoscelus – Eumenophorus – Eupalaestrus – Euphrictus – Grammostola – Guyruita – Hapalopus – Hapalotremus – Haploclastus – Haplocosmia – Haplopelma – Harpactira – Harpactirella – Hemirrhagus – Heterophrictus – Heteroscodra – Heterothele – Holothele – Homoeomma – Hysterocrates – Idiothele – Iridopelma – Ischnocolus – Isiboroa – Kankuamo – Kochiana – Lampropelma – Lasiodora – Lasiodorides – Loxomphalia – Loxoptygus – Lyrognathus – Magulla – Mascaraneus – Megaphobema – Melloleitaoina – Metriopelma – Monocentropus – Mygalarachne – Myostola – Neoheterophrictus – Nesiergus – Nesipelma – Nhandu – Oligoxystre – Ornithoctonus – Orphnaecus – Ozopactus – Pachistopelma – Pamphobeteus – Paraphysa – Pelinobius – Phlogiellus – Phoneyusa – Phormictopus – Phormingochilus – Plesiopelma – Plesiophrictus – Poecilotheria – Proshapalopus – Psalmopoeus – Psednocnemis – Pseudhapalopus – Pseudoclamoris – Pterinochilus – Pterinopelma – Reversopelma – Schismatothele – Schizopelma – Selenocosmia – Selenogyrus – Selenotholus – Selenotypus – Sericopelma – Sickius – Sphaerobothria – Stichoplastoris – Stromatopelma – Tapinauchenius – Theraphosa – Thrigmopoeus – Thrixopelma – Tmesiphantes – Trichognathella – Typhochlaena – Vitalius – Xenesthis – Yanomamius – †Protertheraphosa

Check (1): Phrixotrichus

Name

Theraphosidae Thorell, 1870

References

Primary references

Thorell, T.T.T. 1870. Araneae nonnullae Novae Hollandie, descriptae. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 27: 367–389. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Bertani, G. & Queiroz Almeida, M. 2021. Yanomamius n. gen., a new genus of tarantula from Brazilian and Venezuelan Amazon (Araneae, Theraphosidae), with description of three new species. Zootaxa 4933(3): 324–340. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4933.3.2. . Reference page.
Fukushima, C.S. & Bertani, R. 2018. Two new species of Guyruita Guadanucci et al., 2007 (Araneae, Theraphosidae) from Brazil. Zootaxa 4370(4): 395–408. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4370.4.5 Reference page.
Gabriel, R. & Longhorn, S.J. 2015. Revised generic placement of Brachypelma embrithes (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936) and Brachypelma angustum Valerio, 1980, with definition of the taxonomic features for identification of female Sericopelma Ausserer, 1875 (Araneae, Theraphosidae). Zookeys 526: 75–104. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.526.6315 Full article Reference page.
Hüsser, M. 2018. A first phylogenetic analysis reveals a new arboreal tarantula genus from South America with description of a new species and two new species of Tapinauchenius Ausserer, 1871 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae). ZooKeys 784: 59–93. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.784.26521 Reference page.
Guadanucci, J.P.L. 2012: Trichobothrial morphology of Theraphosidae and Barychelidae spiders (Araneae, Mygalomorphae). Zootaxa 3439: 1–42. Preview. Reference page.
Perafán, C., Cifuentes, Y. & Estrada-Gomez, S. 2015. Aguapanela, a new tarantula genus from the Colombian Andes (Araneae, Theraphosidae). Zootaxa 4033(4): 529–542. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4033.4.4. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Revollo, I.S., da Silva, P.I., Jr. & Bertani, R. 2017. Two new Dolichothele Mello-Leitão, 1923 species from Brazil and Bolivia (Araneae, Theraphosidae). ZooKeys 724: 1–20. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.724.20680. Reference page.

Links

The World Spider Catalog, Version 15.5

Vernacular names

беларуская: Павукі-птушкаеды
Deutsch: Vogelspinnen
English: Tarantula
magyar: Madárpókfélék
日本語: オオツチグモ科
한국어: 타란툴라
Diné bizaad: Naałʼashí
polski: ptasznikowate
português: Tarântula
русский: Терафозиды
ไทย: บึ้ง, ทารันทูล่า
中文: 捕鸟蛛科